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Steele v. ShirleySteele v. Shirley

Mississippi Supreme Court
Jan 15, 1848
Reporters:
Before:
Pee
Pee Curiam.

The appeal must’ be dismissed; it is not authorized ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‍by law. There is no mode of bringing to this court for revisal the judgment of a judge ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‍on a writ of habeas corpus, but by means of a writ of error.

The circuit judge is empowered by the ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‍statute (H. & H. 664) to sit in vacation on the trial of a writ of habeas corpus.

The application for the ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‍writ of error must be granted; not to operate as a supersedeas, however, until bond be given. A ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‍writ of error is the remedy given by the statute.

Case Details

Case Name: Steele v. Shirley
Court Name: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date Published: Jan 15, 1848
Citation: 17 Miss. 382
Court Abbreviation: Miss.
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