Hunnicutt v. Frauhiger

This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which it is alleged that the appellant is unlawfully restrained of his liberty and is imprisoned by Noah Frauhiger duly elected and qualified and acting sheriff of Wells county, at the Wells county jail, in the city of Bluff ton, Indiana. That the pretended cause of this restraint and imprisonment is that a certain pretended commitment was issued against the body of this petitioner commanding his arrest and imprisonment by one John H. Edris, as special judge of the city court of Bluff ton, Indiana, upon failure of petitioner to pay a certain…