In re Lewis
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of James Lewis and three others, filed in this court, October 16, 1883. The facts appear in the opinion filed at the December, 1883, session of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.r
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, presented to this court by James Lewis, Mattie Lewis, Minnie Brooks, and Love Kenton. They claim that they are illegally restrained of their liberty by David Worst, the sheriff and jailer of Allen county. It appears from the petition and the exhibits thereto that on August 24, 1883, Gr. A. Amos, county attorney of Allen county, Kansas, filed a complaint before J. Bond, a justice of the peace of that county, charging the defendants with keeping and being inmates of a house of prostitution,…
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