Noble v. Siwicki

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus was brought by the petitioner to obtain his discharge from the allegedly unlawful custody of the respondent administrator of the department of probation. The petitioner has been in the custody of the respondent pursuant to an order of a justice of the family court issued on February 7, 1963 placing him on probation for a period of one year after having been adjudged in contempt of that court.

It appears from the record that petitioner here testified in a divorce proceeding entitled Jacqueline Vieira v. Joseph Vieira, Divorce No. 75824. In that…