Clayborn v. Tompkins

The appellant filed a petition in 'the *20circuit court charging the appellee, the sheriff of Henry-county, with unlawfully restraining him of his liberty and praying for a writ of habeas corpus.

The writ duly issued and the appellee made a return thereto that he was sheriff of the county and custodian and keeper of the jail of said county, and holds appellant therein by reason of a mittimus issued to him by Thomas J. Johnson, justice of the peace of Henry township, Henry county, State of Indiana, reading as follows:

“State of Indiana, “County of Henry, }

“Whereas, William H. Clayborn was duly…