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85 Miss. 4

Ex parte Harris

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1904

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1904-11-15

Prom the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Application by George Harris for a writ of habeas corpus. Prom a judgment remanding relator to custody he appealed to the supreme court.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1912

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Decided 1904-11-15

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Truly, J.

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2Relator was entitled to his discharge. The affidavit by virtue of which he ivas detained charged no offense known to our law. Sec. 2228, Code 1892, does not affect this conclusion, for upon the investigation of the facts by the circuit judge it did not appear “that he [the relator] ought to be held for any crime alleged against him.” Accepting the testimony for the state as true, relator Avas not proven to have committed any crime. Under this vieAv of the case, it is not necessary to decide the constitutional question suggested.

¶3The judgment of the circuit court is reversed, and the defendant discharged,.

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