STATE v. ROBINSON


257 S.W.2d 9 (1953)

STATE ex rel. HOURIGAN v. ROBINSON, Sheriff.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilgore, Roberts & Green, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Criminal Court of Davidson County dismissing Edward C. Hourigan's petition for the writ of habeas corpus.

The case is before us upon the technical record which consists of the petition of the relator, the answer of the defendant and the judgment of the trial court dismissing the petition, and the motion for a new trial, which was overruled.

The appellant's assignments of error raise the...

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