296 F. 335 | 4th Cir. | 1924
This is a habeas corpus proceeding, in which the petitioner seeks to be discharged from the custody of the respondent, whom she avers is restraining her of her liberty. Petitioner was proceeded against in the District Court for the Southern district of West Virginia for an alleged infraction of the National Prohibition Law (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 1013814 et seq.); the first count of the information charging the unlawful possession and transportation of intoxicating liquors, and the" second count for maintaining a common nuisance in connection with the sale and barter of such liquors.
Upon the filing of this information, petitioner appeared on the 27th of April, 1923, and pleaded guilty to the same, and was thereupon under
What was said in the Gillespie Caáe respecting the procedure by writ of error, instead of appeal, also applies to this case, and will be followed herein.
Reversed.