McCarthy v. Hinman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of Habeas Corpus, issued by the Superior Court in New Haven county against the respondent, who was keeper of the New Haven alms-house and as such held the petitioner in custody as a pauper. The court ( Granger, J.,) sustained the return of the respondent and remanded the petitioner to his custody. The court having made a special finding of the facts and placed them upon the record, the petitioner brought the case before this court by motion in error.
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Writ of Habeas Corpus, issued by the Superior Court in New Haven county against the respondent, who was keeper of the New Haven alms-house and as such held the petitioner in custody as a pauper. The court ( Granger, J.,) sustained the return of the respondent and remanded the petitioner to his custody. The court having made a special finding of the facts and placed them upon the record, the petitioner brought the case before this court by motion in error. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The petitioner, living separate from his wife, brought his. petition for a divorce, praying for the custody of certain minor children, who at that time were in the *539custody of the wife. She at first resisted the petition, hut finally withdrew her opposition, the petitioner agreeing that the children should be placed in the custody of Alfred Baggett, Esq., as guardian, and that he would cause to be conveyed to them, for their support, a house and lot then owned and occupied by him, the title of which stood in a third person, and which was valued at about $1,600 above the encumbrances on it. The…
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