BEARDEN v. STATE

16723

223 S.C. 211 (1953)

74 S.E.2d 912

BEARDEN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bearden, Appellant, of Columbia, in Person.

Messrs. T.C. Callison, Attorney General, and William A. Dallis, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.


March 2, 1953.

OXNER, Justice.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. Appellant alleged in his petition that he was being unlawfully detained in the South Carolina Penitentiary and asked that he be discharged. A return was duly filed by respondent and a hearing had on June 6, 1952. Thereafter on August 9, 1952, the County Judge dismissed the petition and remanded appellant to the custody of the Superintendent of the...

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