Case ID: ohio-law-abs_2/html/0395-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "ALLREAD, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 365
    HORLOCKER, In re. BECKER, In re
    Ohio Appeals. Darke County
    Nos. 165, 166.
    Feb. 14, 1924
    601. HABEAS CORPUS — Writ will lie in a criminal case only where the order’ of arrest and committment are absolutely void.
    Attorneys — Mannix, Crawford, Billingsley, for Becker and Horlocker; Oral J. Mtyers, Pros. Atty., for State.
   ALLREAD, J.

Epitomized Opinion

Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract

Henry Becker and Orville Horlocker, being in prison under order of a lower court, petitioned to be released upon writs of habeas corpus. They were defendants in criminal cases in which the affidavits each contained two grounds of offense. The defendant in each case pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and costs. The Court of Appeals held:

A writ of habeas corpus will lie only in a criminal case where the order of arrest and committment are absolutely void. These orders of arrest and committment are not absolutely void. Upon a motion to set aside the judgment and sentence the evidence as to the irregularity of the judgment could have been taken and the question reviewed on error. Since the magistrate had full jurisdiction, his judgment cannot be attacked collaterally. Petitions dismissed.