Haralson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the County Court of Olay. Tried before tbe Hou. W. J. Pearce. On April 17, 1899, Jack Haralson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, addressed to Hon. W. J. Pearce, judge of the county court of Clay county.
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Appeal from the County Court of Olay. Tried before tbe Hou. W. J. Pearce. On April 17, 1899, Jack Haralson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, addressed to Hon. W. J. Pearce, judge of the county court of Clay county. In this petition, it was averred, that the petitioner ivas indicted and convicted under three separate indictments for selling spirituous, vinous and malt liquors without a license and contrary to laAV; that after conviction, petitioner was, on April 5, 1899, sentenced in each case to hard labor for the county; that at the time he was sentenced, he was left in the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
On the 8th day of February, 1897, the commissioners’ court entered on its minutes the following- order: “It is ordered that E. A. Phillips, agent of hard labor for Clay county, be and he is hereby authorized to contract Avith the Sloss Iron and Steel Company for the hire of the convicts of said county at the rate of five dollars per month per head for each convict.” This order involved the finding and decision by the court that the interest of the county required that such convicts be hired out of the county and Avas sufficient.—Ex parte Small, 81 Ala. 85.
*93It was unnecessary for the order to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jack v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Ex parte CrewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Ex parte WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Ex parte SmallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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- Bowden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923