State v. Martineau
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Prohibition to Pulaski Chancery Court; J. E. Mar-tineau, Chancellor;
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Prank Hicks, Prank Moore, Ed Hicks, J. E. Knox, Ed Coleman and Paul Hall, who had previously been indicted and convicted of the crime of murder, and who were being confined in the State penitentiary awaiting execution of the death sentences, filed a petition for habeas corpus in the chancery court of Pulaski County, praying that they be discharged from custody and from said judgments of conviction. This petition was filed and presented to the chancellor on June 8, 1921, who immediately ordered the issuance of a writ of liabeas corpus directed to the keeper of the penitentiary, and the…
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