STATE v. PARKHURST


399 S.W.2d 781 (1964)

STATE ex rel. James M. ISABELL v. Charles PARKHURST, Warden, Davidson County Workhouse.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Rutherford, Nashville, for relator-plaintiff in error.

Shelton Luton, County Attorney, Nashville, for defendant in error.


FELTS, Justice.

This was a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which relator averred that he was being illegally held in the workhouse under a sentence of the General Sessions Court of Davidson County; that such sentence or judgment was void because there had been no entry of it upon the minutes of the Court; and that relator was entitled to be released from such illegal restraint.

Defendant filed a return or answer, denied relator's restraint was illegal...

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