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WOODS v. STATE

6 Div. 945.

87 So.2d 633 (1956)

James WOODS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Murphy, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal under Sec. 369, Title 15, Code of Alabama 1940, taken by petitioner from a judgment on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The judge granted the writ, had a hearing on the return of the sheriff, and thereupon made the following order:

"This the 16th day of August, 1955, this cause coming on to be heard by the Court on the Petition and Writ, the State offers Sheriff's return as by separate paper filed, and the...

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