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COHEN v. HARMON

17558.

208 Ga. 381 (1951)

67 S.E.2d 110

COHEN v. HARMON, Sheriff.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 9, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Lee Cook and Earl B. Self, for plaintiff.

John W. Davis, Solicitor-General, for defendant.

Robert B. Troutman, Joseph F. Haas, Ogden Doremus, as amici curiae.

WYATT, Justice.

Eugene Cohen filed this habeas corpus proceeding against Bus Harmon, sheriff and jailor of Walker County, Georgia, alleging that he was detained in violation of section 17 of the Juvenile Court Act (Ga. L. 1951, p. 301), and that his detention was illegal for that reason. The respondent answered, alleging that the Juvenile Court Act, supra, is unconstitutional for alleged reasons. After a hearing, the judge of the court below denied the petition for...

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