Taylor v. Smallen

ANDERSON, Presiding Judge.

Petitioners, John Edward Taylor and Enzie Bonetta Taylor, husband and wife, have caused to be filed in this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus wherein they allege that their six children are being illegally detained by Dewey Smallen, Juvenile Officer of St. Francois County. The prayer of the petition is that said writ issue and the Court order said children returned to their custody. Said petitioners claim they are entitled to the relief sought by virtue of this Court’s decision in Cause No. 32,515, 419 S.W.2d 473, decided by this Court September 19, 1967.

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