Ex parte Coburn

Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex parte Coburn, 38 Ala. 237 (Ala. 1862)
Stone, Walker

Ex parte Coburn

Opinion of the Court

R. W. WALKER, J.

Where, on complaint to a justice of the peace, an order is made by him, requiring an individual to give security to keep the peace, and directing his imprisonment until such security is given; the probate judge has no authority, üpon habeas corpus or otherwise, to re-examine the case trptm- the facts, and discharge the prisoner. The only mode of revising-the decision of the justice upon the facts, is".by an appeal’, undei section 3351 of the Code, to the circuit court, which- can-try the case de novo, and either confirm the order of the magistrate? or' discharge the applicant. — Code, § 3354 ; Tomlin v. State, 19 Ala. 9. The return of the sheriff showed, that the .petitioners were¡held in custody under an order of a justice-of the peacé,*T'equiring'1hem do'-give security to keep the peace?' audits' this order "was not- open to-objection on any of the grounds-specified in section 3744 of the Code, the probate judge'-had no authority to inquire into its legality or justice. — Code, § 3741; Ex parte Burnett, 30 Ala. 461. Consequently; the probate judge was right, in- refusing to hear -evidence- touching the guilt or innocence of the petitioners, and properly dismissed'the petition.

Motion refused.

Stone, J., not sitting;

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex Parte COBURN
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