In re Hanson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This is an original proceeding for a writ-, of habeas corpus, prosecuted by John F. Hanson, who is confined in the jail Of McPherson county upon a com*784mitment issued by the probate court of that county for contempt. It appears that the petitioner was present in the probate court, where a trial was in progress between an administrator of an unsettled estate and persons holding claims against the estate which the administrator was contesting. The petitioner, who is an attorney, had been the adviser of the administrator of the estate, and had…