Stewart v. Stewart

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus.

*234Appellant, Winston J. Stewart, was held in contempt for failure to pay child support and was ordered to jail until he purged himself of contempt. Stewart then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Morgan County Circuit Court. A hearing was held thereon and the writ was denied. On May 7,1979 Stewart was incarcerated in the Morgan County jail. He immediately filed an appeal with this court and was released on bond by the circuit court pending the outcome of this appeal.

The facts show that…