114 Miss. 634
Decided March 15, 1917
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1917-03-15
Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Lon Morgan was charged with enticing away a servant, and on arrest sued out a writ of habeas corpus against G. W. Long, sheriff. From a judgment discharging relator, the sheriff appeals.
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Decided 1917-03-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2The guilt or innocence of the relator is not material in this proceeding, and should not have been inquired into by the court below; that question being for the determination of the justice of the peace before whom the writ upon which the relator was arrested is returnable.
¶3Reversed and remanded.