State Ex Rel. Grebstein v. Lehman

— Writ of habeas corpus was issued upon the petition of Grebstein and the sheriff has tiled his return. The. return shows that the petitioner is held under a judgment of the Honorable Paul D. Barns, Circuit Judge, wherein Grebstein is adjudged in contempt of court in the following language:

“WHEREAS, Nathan Grebstein, as the agent of an alleged and admitted, unnamed and unknown, principal, has approached and communicated t'o the undersigned judge of this, the above styled court, an offer or gift of Five Thousand Dollars, or more if same be deemed insufficient by the undersigned judge, in…