Ex parte Mooney
West Virginia Supreme Court
The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court •. ^
1Opinion of the Court
Snyder, Judge:
Upon the petition of John Mooney, alleging that he was detained, confined' and restrained of his liberty by W. C. Handlan, sheriff of Ohio county, in the jail of said county, without authority of law, a judge of the circuit court of said county on June 5,1885, in vacation awarded a writ of habeas corpus, commanding said sheriff to produce before him the body of said Mooney, together with the cause of his being detained. The respondent on the same day produced before the judge the said Mooney, and in his return stated that he detained him by virtue of a judgment of the said…
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