People ex rel. Curley v. Porter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, P. J.
This was a proceeding under the Habeas Corfrus Act, the petition alleging that Emma Lena Gurley is detained and unjustly deprived of her liberty by Harrison Porter and Mary Jane Porter, his wife. The Porters made return to the writ, and upon a hearing the court found the issues in their favor, and remanded the said Emma Lena Curley to their custody.
From thejudgment of the Circuit Court the relator, William Curley, prosecuted this appeal.
In 1877, the relator, having recently lost his wife, and being himself an invalid and unable to perform manual labor, placed his infant child, Emma Lena…
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