Newsom v. Miles

The appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Howard Circuit Court, alleging that he was illegally imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by A. F. Miles, Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton. The writ issued, commanding the defendants to have the body of the petitioner before the Howard Circuit Court. The defendant Miles filed a motion to quash the writ Upon the grounds that he held the prisoner as Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory, which is located at Pendleton, in Madisoij County, and that the circuit and superior courts of Madison. County…