Ex parte Teague

—This was a proceeding by habeas corpus. The petition was as follows-:

*279“The petitioner respectfully represents that he is at this time (April, 1871) restrained of his liberty illegally, at this, Delaware county, in the county jail thereof, by Orlando H. Swain, the sheriff of said county; that heretofore, to wit, on the — judicial day of the present (April, 1871) term of this (Delaware Circuit) court, judgment was rendered against the said petitioner, for the • sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars, in an action of bastardy, then and there, and on that day, determined against him, in the case…