Williams v. Crosby

Ardelia Crosby, the mother, brought habeas corpus proceedings against her former husband, Isham Williams, for the custody of their minor child. The respondent alleged that since the divorce the mother had remarried, and had kept the child under her care for nine years, during which time she had neglected it, failed to give it an education, refused to allow it to attend church or school, failed to supply it with proper clothing, and forced it to labor in the fields; that the father was both able and willing to maintain and educate the child, and would give bond so to do; that if he was not…