Foster v. Clerk of Lyon Circuit Court

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Robert D. Foster has personally filed in this court a petition against “Clerk of Lyon Circuit Court” alleging his illegal confinement in the Eddyville penitentiary. The petitioner alleges his wrongful imprisonment upon several grounds and prays this court to grant a writ of habeas corpus, directing W. Jess Buchannan, warden of the penitentiary (not a party), to bring his person before the Lyon Circuit Court, and order the respondent (Clerk of the Lyon Circuit Court) to show cause “why the petitioner is being illegally and unlawfully detained and deprived of his liberty…