Slater v. Slater
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Williamsburg and county of James City, rendered June 23,1891, at a special term, upon a writ of habeas corpus sued out by tbe defendant in error, Charles H. Slater, directed to his wife, Anne E. B. Slater, alleging that she had abandoned him and taken with her their three infant children, the eldest not being seven years of age, and was unlawfully and without his consent detaining them, and refused to deliver them up to him.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Williamsburg and county of James City, rendered June 23,1891, at a special term, upon a writ of habeas corpus sued out by tbe defendant in error, Charles H. Slater, directed to his wife, Anne E. B. Slater, alleging that she had abandoned him and taken with her their three infant children, the eldest not being seven years of age, and was unlawfully and without his consent detaining them, and refused to deliver them up to him. The circuit court, by its judgment, ordered the. children to be surrendered to their father, and from said judgment their…
1Opinion of the CourtHiNton, J.
The record of this case shows that on the 27th day of August, 1890, Charles H. Slater obtained from the Hon. W. G-. W. Earthing, judge of the county court of York county, a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, commanding tHe respondent,, his wife, Anne E. B. Slater, to appear before the said judge at Williamsburg on the 3d of September, and bring with her the bodies of their three infant children, Grace E., Charles H., and W. B. Slater, together with the cause of their detention, &c. The said judge having fully heard the matter, on the 26th of September,. 1890, entered a judgment directing…
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