Monk v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding; the appeal is taken from an adverse ruling by the Judge of Probate, of Geneva County, Alabama.

William Monk, appellant, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as stated, wherein he alleged that he was imprisoned by the Sheriff of Geneva County, Alabama, on a charge of robbery, and assault with intent to murder, and that his imprisonment was by virtue of a Governor’s warrant issued by the Governor of Alabama. He further alleged that his imprisonment is unlawful and illegal because the Governor’s warrant under which he was…