Ex parte Caldwell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Application by Charles T. Caldwell for writ of habeas-corpus to W. H. Carfer, sheriff
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
Charles T. Caldwell presented to the Judge of the circuit court of Wood county his petition for a writ of habeas corpus stating and showing that he had been arrested by the sheriff of Wood county under a certain writ of attachment, signed by James Seaman, chairman of a committee appointed by the House of Delegates, commanding the sheriff' to attach the body of said Caldwell and have him before said: committee to answer for contempt in failing to appear as a witness before said committee. The House of Delegates, on the 24th day of February, 1905, adopted a resolution reciting…
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