State v. Smith

This case is stated in the opinion of the Court, delivered by

PaRRis J.

Previous to the last term a writ of habeas corpus was granted, by one of the justices of this court, directed to the defendant, requiring him to bring up the bodies of Emeline Maria Hall, Solomon Smith Hall, and Aaron Oliver Hall, minors under the age of fourteen years, and children of Jonathan Hall, the petitioner, al-ledged to be wrongfully restrained of their liberty by the defendant. *463and by him held in dures?, against their will and the will of their father. The writ was returned at the last term holden in this county,…