In re Tillery
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. Petition of John T. Tillery and others, filed in this court on January 2, 1890. The opinion herein, filed on February 8 following, contains a substantial statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This is a proceeding in habeas corpus, brought originally in this court by John T. Tillery, Carey Crisler, Richard C. Mattox, Jesse Ford, Calvin Ford, and J. W. Drake, wherein it is set forth that D. D. Britton, the sheriff of Allen county, is unlawfully restraining the petitioners of their liberty. The sheriff makes return that he is holding each of the petitioners under a state warrant issued from the district court of Allen county upon an indictment charging each of the petitioners with the commission of the crime of murder. Both the…
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