Show CHAIN GANGS GANdS Courts CoUlS Have no Ita noTo nJ ht To ro Sentence Prisoner to 10 Macon On June 21 United District Judo Emory Speer of ot the tIme western division of ot thin tho Southern die dis district dietrict of at Georgia today rendered on an opinion of at far Clr reaching Importance In Involving Involving 01 ng the authority of ot municipal courts all over time the country countr to sentence f rt Il l violators of ot municipal ordnances to lo ho local rill cal chain gangs The case came caIne Judge Speer m on a n writ of or habeas corpus applied for tor forhy hy iy ly a for tor release from the tue custody of at 12 E A of ot the b county Ga On chain gang decided that the tho super was without authority to holt lold the tho prisoner and ond directed his hili re release lease ease In Jim passing on the tIme case cane Judge Sheer Speer coiled called attention to the feet that the commitment from the recorders court wits a 1 ii sentence nod nothing more lucre and that there thero was sas no lie III finding of ot I guilt or ai Innocence by tIme the recorder ec I |