Ex parte Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application for a mandamus to Hon. Jona. Haralson, judge of the City Court of Selma, requiring him to make an order for a writ of 'habeas corpus, at the instance of Lewis Jones, the petitioner, who was in custody under a charge of murder, to inquire into the regularity of his commitment, and to discharge him or grant him bail. cited Ex parte Mahone, 30 Alq. 49; Ex parte Champion, 52 Ala. 311. cited Ex parte Chaney, 8 Ala. 424; Ramagnano v. Croole, 85 Ala. 226; Dunbar v.…
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Application for a mandamus to Hon. Jona. Haralson, judge of the City Court of Selma, requiring him to make an order for a writ of 'habeas corpus, at the instance of Lewis Jones, the petitioner, who was in custody under a charge of murder, to inquire into the regularity of his commitment, and to discharge him or grant him bail. cited Ex parte Mahone, 30 Alq. 49; Ex parte Champion, 52 Ala. 311. cited Ex parte Chaney, 8 Ala. 424; Ramagnano v. Croole, 85 Ala. 226; Dunbar v. Frazier, 78 Ala. 538; High’s Extra. Legal [Remedies, §§ 152,155; Éx parte Campbell, 20 Ala. 89; 26 Penn. St. 9, or 67 Amer.…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN,. J.
— The petitioner, upon being arrested on a warrant charging him with murder, waived preliminary examination before the justice of the peace before whom the warrant was returnable, ahd was thereupon committed to jail, without bail, to await the action of the grand jury of Dallas county. He then applied to the judge of the City Court of Selma for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the offense for which he had been committed was on the facts a bailable one, and praying that he be brought before the judge on said writ; that a hearing on the facts be then had, and that he be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dunbar v. FrazerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Ex parte MahoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Ex parte ChaneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
- Ramagnano v. CrookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Ex parte ChampionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ex parte WattersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Ex Parte CrumptonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
- Ex Parte EdwardsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
- State ex rel. Woods v. MackintoshWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- Ex parte Seals Piano Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
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