People ex rel. Robinson v. Hanchett

This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, presented to this court for the purpose of obtaining the discharge of petitioner from imprisonment under a capias ad satisfaciendum, issued out of the Superior Court of Cook county. It appears that one Blumenthal, at the January term, 1883, of that court, recovered a judgment against petitioner for the sum of $800, and costs. The plaintiff in that judgment, on the 13th day of July, following, sued out the ca. sa. under which petitioner was arrested. He, on the same day, filed an application to the county court of Cook county, under the…