State ex rel. Selles v. Judge of the Twenty-first Judicial District Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Todd, J.

The relatrix applies to this Court for writs of certiorari and prohibition against the defendant judge under the following-circumstances:

On the 2d of August, last, Joseph Dessens, husband of relatrix, alleging that his wife had left the matrimonial domicil on a visit to her parents with his consent, taking with her their child, about two years of age,' and had failed to return to his domicil at his request, or to bring back the child, or surrender it to him when demanded, applied for a writ of habeas corpus to the District Judge named above.…