Ex Parte Sedillo

OPINION OF THE COURT

WATSON, J.

Upon the petition of Filimon Sedillo a writ of habeas corpus issued out of this court to test the legality of petitioner’s restraint by the sheriff of Socorro county, under an order of the district court committing him for contempt for failure to comply with the terms of a decree of the court requiring him to pay $50 monthly for the support of his children. '

The record before us consists of : (1) The complaint in a cause in Socorro county wherein petitioner’s' wife was plaintiff, and wherein she charged that petitioner had abandoned her and her two children on…