State of Tennessee v. Hamilton

SAMFORD, Judge.

The petitioner, R. N. Hamilton, filed-his petition addressed to the Hon. A. A. Griffith, Judge of the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama, alleging, among other things, that he was illegally restrained -of his liberty by the Sheriff of Limestone County and praying a writ of habeas corpus, and a discharge from the custody of said Sheriff. The answer was by J. W. Henry, agent for himself and on the part of the Sheriff of Limestone County, in which answer (among other things, not here necessary to mention, the same being foreign to any issue here involved) it was alleged…