People ex rel. Metzner v. Edwards

It appears, from the petition filed in this case, that the court of common pleas of the city of Aurora issued a writ of habeas corpus, directed to the warden of the penitentiary, requiring him to produce the body of a prisoner, that he might be tried on a criminal charge in that court.

It further appears that the warden refused to obey the writ, alleging that he had no power to produce the prisoner, as required by the writ; and this is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the warden to produce the prisoner in the court of common pleas, as required by the writ of habeas corpus.

If the…