Ex Parte Cannon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Laurens, September, 1905. Petition by Emma E. Cannon against J. P. Cannon, ,for writ of habeas corpus for possession of two small children. From Circuit order granting' writ, respondent appeals. cite: Father is entitled to custody of Ms children: 15 Ency., 182: 19 S. C., 604. (oral argument).
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This was an application on the part of the petitioner, Emma F. Cannon, for writ of habeas corpus tO' get possession of her children named in the petition, who>, she alleged, 'were unlawfully detained from her by J. P. Cannon. The writ was signed by his Honor, R. W. Memminger, Circuit Judge, on September 22, 1905, and was served on J. P'. Cannon on the morning of the same day about 10 o’clock, and commanded him to have the bodies of said children, together with the time and cause of detention, before him at the city of Laurens, in…
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