STATE v. STATE


347 S.W.2d 47 (1961)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Raymond LEWIS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gearinger, Banks & Hutcheson, Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Jack Chambliss, Chattanooga, amicus curiae.


BURNETT, Justice.

Lewis was arrested for public drunkenness on Sunday night, November 6, 1960. He was taken to the Hamilton County jail and there confined, after failing to make bond, this confinement being based on a warrant of arrest and a mittimus, each of which is signed by the Deputy Clerk of the Court pursuant to Section 18-410, T.C.A.

On the following day a petition for habeas corpus was filed on behalf of Lewis and upon proper orders Lewis was...

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