Ex parte Pruitt & Harper
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by petition in the names of Bichard Pruitt and Thomas Harper jointly, for the writ of habeas corpus, to procure their discharge from the custody of the sheriff and jailor of Madison county, who held them under a mittimus issued by a justice of the peace of said county, under the circumstancés stated in the opinion.
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Application by petition in the names of Bichard Pruitt and Thomas Harper jointly, for the writ of habeas corpus, to procure their discharge from the custody of the sheriff and jailor of Madison county, who held them under a mittimus issued by a justice of the peace of said county, under the circumstancés stated in the opinion. The application was first made to Hon. Henry C. Speake, the judge of the eighth judicial circuit, and was by him overruled and refused; and a bill of exceptions having been reserved to his decision, the petitioners renew their application to this £ourt. cited Code, §…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Petitioners were arrested and brought before a justice of the peace on a charge of removing seed-cotton, of the value of five dollars, from the premises of J. M. Hampton, between the hours of sunset and sunrise. The complaint was made before this justice, and the warrant thereon was issued by him. The prisoners being brought before him, he examined witnesses touching the alleged offense, and thereupon made the following order: “ State of Alabama, Madison County. In the case of Thomas Harper and Richard Pruitt, they are committed to jail to answer the charge of removing seed-cotton from the…
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