Lucas v. Hawkins

On the 7th day of May, 1885, which was -during the April term, 1885, of the Hamilton Circuit Court, Wiley Lucas presented to that court his petition, representing that he was restrained of his liberty and confined in the common jail of Hamilton county, by Elihu Hawkins, sheriff of that county, upon the pretence, as he was informed and believed, that he is the father of a child alleged to be illegitimate, but averring that he had not been arrested and was not then imprisoned upon any indictment, warrant, lawful *65process, or valid judgment against him. Wherefore he demanded that a writ of habeas…