Ex parte Hardy
Supreme Court of Alabama
APPLICATION to this court for a writ of habeas corpus, the same haying been denied by Hon, N. S,. GRAHAM. The petition in this cause was filed in this -court on the 2'd June, 1881, and it shows, that,, at the time of its filing, the petitioner, John Hardy, was imprisoned and restrained of his liberty in the jail of Hallas county by the sheriff of that county, under and by virtue of an attachment, which was issued out of tbe City Court of Selma on the 4th May, 1881, a copy of…
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APPLICATION to this court for a writ of habeas corpus, the same haying been denied by Hon, N. S,. GRAHAM. The petition in this cause was filed in this -court on the 2'd June, 1881, and it shows, that,, at the time of its filing, the petitioner, John Hardy, was imprisoned and restrained of his liberty in the jail of Hallas county by the sheriff of that county, under and by virtue of an attachment, which was issued out of tbe City Court of Selma on the 4th May, 1881, a copy of which is made an exhibit to tbe petition. This attachment, as averred in the petition, was issued under the-following…
1Opinion of the CourtSomebyille, J.
The relator, John Hardy, was sentenced to imprisonment in the jail of Dallas County, on May 10th, 1881, for an adjudged contempt of court, under the following state of facts: Under the provisions of sections 3887-3889 of the Code of 1876, a bill had been filed by Ransom & Co. against Hardy and others, on the equity side of the City Court of Selma, praying for a discovery of property, money or effects in the hands of said defendants, which were alleged to be liable to the satisfaction of complainants’ judgments, upon 'which there had been a return of “no property found” by the sheriff. On the…
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