In re Wood
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in this court on November 4, 1885, in which it was repi-esented that the petitioner, Everett Wood, is held in custody by the sheriff of Eord county by virtue of a commitment issued by one John Jobling, claiming to be a justice of the peace of Meade county, Kansas, in pursuance of a preliminaiy examination upon a charge of the murder of one Widmer, in Meade county.
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Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in this court on November 4, 1885, in which it was repi-esented that the petitioner, Everett Wood, is held in custody by the sheriff of Eord county by virtue of a commitment issued by one John Jobling, claiming to be a justice of the peace of Meade county, Kansas, in pursuance of a preliminaiy examination upon a charge of the murder of one Widmer, in Meade county. The restraint of the petitioner is alleged to be illegal, for the l’eason that Jobling was not, at the time of the issuance of the commitment, a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
*649 i ciark and «esa;daotoun' partiyvoid.
2. DetacMng oustei-oí’ township officers. *647In 1873 the county of Meade was created, and its boundaries defined. (Comp. Lay'S of 1879, ch. 24, § 63.) It remained an unorganized county from that time until 1883, when by an act of the legislature it was abolished, and its territory included within the boundaries of the organized county of Ford. (Laws of 1883, ch. 70, § 3.) The territory thus brought within Ford county, or a portion of it, was organized and became Crooked Creek township of Ford county, and…
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