Ex Parte Mitchell

Aubrey Mitchell petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is illegally restrained of his liberty by virtue of an order of the county court of Seminole county wherein it was adjudged that he was guilty of indirect contempt of court by reason of his neglect, failure, and refusal to comply with an order of that court in a bastardy proceeding to pay money to the complaining witness and to execute a bond to secure the same.

It is stipulated that an application for citation was filed, a citation issued and served upon petitioner, and that petitioner appeared in person and by…