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133 La. 601

State v. Stillson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 6, 1913

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1913-10-06

<p>Application for writ of habeas corpus by Wheaton C. Stillson.</p>

Relies on 35 La. Ann. 1194 - State ex rel. Brown v. Houston · State ex rel. Audibert v. Mauberret · State v. Guillory

Writ denied · Decided 1913-10-06

SOMMERVILLE, J.

¶1Relator was condemned to pay a fine of $2, and in default of the payment of the fine to be imprisoned two days in the parish jail, in accordance with section 119 of Act No. 191 of 1912, organizing the state militia.

¶2He asks that a writ of habeas corpus issue out of this court directed to the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, ordering him to produce the body of relator, together with the warrant of commitment, for his detention; that the legality, validity, and regularity of the commitment may be inquired into; and that he be discharged from the custody of the sheriff.

¶3Relator makes charges of unconstitutionally against the above referred to act, of irregularities in the trial, and of the illegality of the sentence against him.

¶4The jurisdiction of the court in the matter presented by relator is defined to be as follows; The Supreme Court, and each of the justices thereof, shall have power to issue the writ of habeas corpus, at the instance of any person in actual custody, in any case where it may have appellate jurisdiction. Constitution, art. 93. The court has not appellate jurisdiction in the case of relator, and the application for the writ must be denied at his cost. Constitution, art. 85; State ex rel. Brown v. Judge, 35 La. Ann. 1194; State ex rel. Audibert v. Civil Sheriff, 47 La. Ann. 334, 16 South. 814; State v. Guillory, 128 La. 558, 54 South. 1008.

¶5It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the order herein issued of date July 2, 1913, be recalled and rescinded, and the application of Wheaton Stillson for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus herein be denied and discharged at his cost.

¶6See dissenting opinion of BREAUX, C. J., 63 South. 237.

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