Ex Parte Johnson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Application • by Tom J. Johnson for writ of habeas »corpus. On behalf of Tom J. Johnson, a duly verified petition for writ of habeas corpus was presented to the Presiding Judge of this court representing that he is illegally restrained of his liberty by the officers of the city of Oklahoma City, and is now compelled to work on the highways near the city of Edmond in Oklahoma county by some contract arrangement existing between the officers of the city of Oklahoma City and…
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Application • by Tom J. Johnson for writ of habeas »corpus. On behalf of Tom J. Johnson, a duly verified petition for writ of habeas corpus was presented to the Presiding Judge of this court representing that he is illegally restrained of his liberty by the officers of the city of Oklahoma City, and is now compelled to work on the highways near the city of Edmond in Oklahoma county by some contract arrangement existing between the officers of the city of Oklahoma City and the officers of the county of Oklahoma. It is further averred in said petition: “That the cause of said restraint,…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). From the petition upon which the writ issued and the answer thereto, it appears that the petitioner was convicted- in the municipal court of Oklahoma City on a charge of vagrancy as defined by the city ordinance and was sentenced to imprisonment for 90 days and to pay a fine of $99, and failing to pay said fine that he be further imprisoned until the same is satisfied. That he was then transferred to the custody of the overseer- of the Oklahoma county convict road gang, who put him at hard labor on the public roads of the county.
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