Halley v Hilbert

Halley v Hilbert
1943 OK CR 95
141 P.2d 303
77 Okl.Cr. 280
Decided: 09/01/1943
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Habeas Corpus Writ Granted on Confession of Respondents.

Sid White, of Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Granville Scanland, Asst. Municipal Counselor, of Oklahoma City, for respondent.

BAREFOOT, J. Petitioner Kallie May Halley filed in this court a petition for writ of habeas corpus on the 28h day of August 1943, alleging that she was unlawfully restrained of her liberty by L. J. Hilbert, chief of police of the city of Oklahoma City, Okla., Walter Acord, captain of the vice bureau, and Lula Caldwell, matron of the clinic, all of Oklahoma City, Okla. A writ to show cause was issued by this court, and a hearing thereon was set for the 1st day of September, 1943, at 10 a.m. before this court.

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On the 31st day of August, 1943, a response to the petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed by the respondents, as follows: