People ex rel. Cocuzza v. Cobb

TMs proceeding by a writ of habeas corpus is for the custody of a child, of the age of six and one-half years. Shortly after birth the child was entrusted by the mother to a married woman who was childless. The evidence shows this latter to be a highly estimable religious person and that she and her husband treated the child as their own and gave it every advantage of care, maintenance and affection which could have been expected if the child were their natural offspring. The child was baptized in their own church by a clergyman who was their own friend and pastor, and also has been given the…