Sturgeon v. Gray

Complaint by the appellee against the appellant for a writ of habeas corpus, as follows, omitting the title:

“Jacob Gray complains of Scott Sturgeon, and says, on his oath, that said Scott Sturgeon illegally restrains bim of bis liberty in the town of Williamsport, in said county; that the cause, or pretence thereof, is a mittimus issued by one Ab. ~V. Holmes, an acting justice of the peace of Washington township, in said county,directed to the jailer of said county, com*167manding him to confine the plaintiff in the county jail of said county for failure to pay or replevy a pretended judg- . ment…