Shattuck v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Lee County. Hon. B. B. Boone, Judge. The facts in this ease are very fully stated in the opinion of the court. The only question considered by the court being, whether it had jurisdiction of such cases.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Lee County. Hon. B. B. Boone, Judge. The facts in this ease are very fully stated in the opinion of the court. The only question considered by the court being, whether it had jurisdiction of such cases. It is unnecessary to enumerate the various assignment of errors. 1. The writ of habeas corpus does not show that it was issued by the officer appointed by the fiat of the judge to issue it. 2. The writ of habeas eorpus was not made returnable within a reasonable time. 8.Final judgment was entered against the appellant, A. A. Shattuek, in the first instance, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
A. A. Shattuck, the sheriff of Colfax county, was fined five hundred dollars for contempt, in failing to produce the body of one Love before the judge of the circuit court at Tupelo in Lee county, in obedience to a writ of habeas corpus to him directed.
The writ was issued on the 12th of August, 1875, and was made returnable on the 13th, the next day. It appears that the writ was placed in the hands of one Shipman, the deputy sheriff ; the fine was imposed on the 13th of August, and purports to be a final judgment; on the same day an attachment was issued against Shattuck, directing his arrest…
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