STATE v. FERRELL

No. 10689.

83 S.E.2d 648 (1954)

STATE ex rel. Hulda MARCUM v. Elmer FERRELL, Sheriff, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided September 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram G. Williamson, Williamson, for relator.

No appearance for respondent.


BROWNING, Judge.

The relator, Hulda Marcum, a female fifteen years of age, invoked the original jurisdiction of this Court by filing herein, on June 29, 1954, her petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum to be directed to Elmer Ferrell, Sheriff and Jailer of Mingo County, West Virginia. The writ was issued by this Court on July 26, 1954, commanding the respondent to produce the body of relator before this Court and show cause why he detains and...

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