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STATE v. BROWN

351 S.W.2d 385 (1961)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Earl MYERS v. John F. BROWN, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard W. Rhea, Sneedville, Edward F. Hurd, Newport, Chester S. Rainwater, Jr., Dandridge, for petitioner.

H. F. Swann, Dist. Atty. Gen., Dandridge, J. Howard Collett, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Maynardville, G. Edward Friar, Knoxville, Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

WHITE, Justice.

The relator Earl Myers filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Tennessee, seeking to secure his release from the custody of John F. Brown, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Tennessee, upon the theory that he was being illegally and unlawfully restrained and deprived of his liberty. The record discloses that the Sheriff of Jefferson County, Tennessee, has the relator in his custody for safekeeping...

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