Carmack v. State ( 1962 )


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  • CATES, Judge.

    This is a habeas corpus appeal. See also Ex parte Carmack, ante, p. 426, 133 So.2d 891.

    Carmack alleged numerous grounds. However, he made no proof.

    The return of the prison warden shows a proper indictment, verdict, judgment and sentence from the Jefferson Circuit Court.

    Code 1940, T. 15, § 27, reads in part:

    “No court, or judge, on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, has authority to inquire into the regularity or justice of, any order, judgment, decree, or process of any court legally constituted, ^ ^

    The circuit court has jurisdiction of trials of indictments for carnal knowledge of girls thirteen to sixteen years of age (T. 14, § 399). Hence, without proof to show the commitment was void, the judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court was completely correct and must be here

    Affirmed.

Document Info

Docket Number: 3 Div. 114

Judges: Cates

Filed Date: 5/8/1962

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 11/2/2024