State Ex Rel. Dillehay v. White

The Circuit Judge dismissed this petition for the writ of habeas corpus after having considered the averments of the petition, the stipulation between the parties, and the record in the case of “State of Tennessee v. Betty Jean Dillehay, Criminal Court of Maury County, Tennessee, No. 7068.”

Our consideration is limited to the law applicable to the facts as they were made to appear in the Circuit Court by stipulation, viz.:(1) The petitioner is a poor and indigent person without funds or means with which to pay or secure the costs of this proceeding or the proceeding in the Criminal Court of…