Johnson v. McClure

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

The question presented is the jurisdiction of a judge of the Pulaski Chancery Court to issue and make returnable before himself a writ of habeas corpus where the real party defendants are residents of a county in another chancery district.

L. P. Johnson and wife resided in Pulaski County, Arkansas with their two minor children for some time prior to February, 1957, when Johnson was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. On February 12, 1957, the Juvenile Court of Pulaski County issued an order placing the two…