Harrison v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant petitioned the Judge of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was restrained of his liberty under an extradition warrant issued by the Governor of Alabama, upon requisition of the Governor of Tennessee, under an indictment returned in Marshall County, Tennessee, charging the defendant with failure to provide for his minor child under the age of sixteen years.

The return of the sheriff to the preliminary writ justified the arrest of petitioner under an extradition warrant, and recited that petitioner was then at liberty under…