Sturm v. Potter

*125Frederick C. Sturm filed his petition in this Court, alleging that William J. Potter is unlawfully restraining him of his liberty, and praying for a writ of Habeas Corpus. The writ was issued and returned, and Potter in his return says, that he holds said Sturm by virtue of a writ issued by a Justice of the Peace, of Decatur County, to him, as Special Constable of said county, directing him to arrest said Sturm and bring him forthwith before said Justice, to answer to a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences, in Decatur County. The writ, affidavit upon which it was issued, and the…