Ex parte Oliver
Mississippi Supreme Court
. Appeal from circuit court of Panola county. Hon. Greek L. Rice, Judge. James Oliver sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit judge alleging unlawful detention by J. A. Carter, Sheriff of Panola county. The court sustained a motion to dismiss the writ but announced that the relator could amend his petition to show that the bond was excessive, but refused to hear relator on the merits or hear evidence as to his guilt or innocence, and the relator appeals.
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. Appeal from circuit court of Panola county. Hon. Greek L. Rice, Judge. James Oliver sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit judge alleging unlawful detention by J. A. Carter, Sheriff of Panola county. The court sustained a motion to dismiss the writ but announced that the relator could amend his petition to show that the bond was excessive, but refused to hear relator on the merits or hear evidence as to his guilt or innocence, and the relator appeals. It was the duty of the presiding judge upon the hearing of the writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
James Oliver was arrested in the state of Tennessee by the sheriff of Panola county, Miss., without having obtained a warrant in the state of Tennessee or résorting to extradition proceedings. Oliver was brought back into Mississippi without it being disclosed to him what charge was made against him until after he reached this state. The sheriff placed Oliver in jail instead of carrying him to the conservator of the peace to answer some crime charged, and on the 8th day of June, Oliver sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit judge, alleging that he was unlawfully detained by J. A.…
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