Section 11-43-7 - By whom granted

The writ of habeas corpus may be granted by a judge of the Supreme Court, or a judge of the circuit or chancery court, in term time or in vacation, returnable before himself or another judge.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art. 1 (1); 1857, ch. 48, art. 1; 1871, § 1398; 1880, § 2521; 1892, § 2229; 1906, § 2448; Hemingway's 1917, § 2014; 1930, § 1917; 1942, § 2818.