JOHNSON v. PLUNKETT

20567.

215 Ga. 353 (1959)

110 S.E.2d 745

JOHNSON v. PLUNKETT, Sheriff, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. William Barton, for plaintiff in error.

George Hains, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, E. Freeman Leverett, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


HAWKINS, Justice.

Nathaniel Johnson brought his petition for habeas corpus against the Sheriff and Jailer of Richmond County, Georgia, alleging: that his restraint and detention by them was in violation of Article 5 of the Constitution of the United States (Code § 1-805), which provides that no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous, crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except under specified conditions not...

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