Ex parte Voltz

Voltz petitioned the court for the writ of habeas corpus, alleging in his petition that he was illegally restrained of his liberty, in the jail of Ripley county, by George W. Russ, the sheriff, etc., and prayed to be discharged. The sheriff produced the body of the defendant in obedience to the writ which -'was ordered by the court, and as the cause of his detention stated, in his return, that in August, 1867, in the circuit court, the said Voltz was, in a suit in the name of the State, on, the relation of one Louisa Billman, against him, adjudged to be the father of her illegitimate child,…