Section 11-43-37 - Return not conclusive

The return or answer made to a writ of habeas corpus shall not be conclusive as to the facts therein stated, but evidence may be received to contradict the same.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art. 1 (5); 1857, ch. 48, art. 11; 1871, § 1410; 1880, § 2531; 1892, § 2244; 1906, § 2463; Hemingway's 1917, § 2029; 1930, § 1932; 1942, § 2833.