DAY v. SKINNER


300 S.W.2d 48 (1957)

Ed DAY, Appellant, v. Butler SKINNER, Jailer of Clark County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. E. Cornett, Hyden, for appellant.

J. Smith Hays, Jr., Winchester, D. G. Boleyn, Hazard, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the county judge of Clark County denying bail to Ed Day, the appellant, in a habeas corpus proceeding.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed by Johnnie Day on January 2, 1957, before the judge of the 41st Judicial District, composed of Clay, Jackson, and Leslie counties. The petition alleged that Ed Day, the appellant, was unlawfully confined in the Clark County jail by the appellee, Butler Skinner...

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