In re Balcom

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The ■petition alleges that the petitioner is illegally restrained of his liberty by one W. H. Hamilton, a constable of Boone county, and that such illegal restraint consists of the following : “ That on the 20th day of August, 1881, said James Balcom was arrested upon the charge of setting fire to and burning five stacks of wheat and three of oats, and taken before one Manley B. Boardman, a justice of the peace, of Manchester precinct, in Boone county, for preliminary examination; which examination was adjourned on motion of the state, to…