LADNER v. WALKER

No. 44034.

184 So.2d 401 (1966)

Douglas LADNER v. J.P. WALKER, Sheriff, Pearl River County, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar B. Ladner, Gulfport, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by R. Hugo Newcomb, Sr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Justice.

The appellant, Douglas Ladner, was arrested on a charge of having murdered his wife, and is being held without bail. He filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus before the Hon. Sebe Dale, Circuit Judge of the "district in which the relator is imprisoned", in accordance with Mississippi Code Annotated section 2819 (1956). The writ was denied by the trial judge and the petitioner has appealed to this Court.

The appellant contends...

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