Hunter v. Dowdy

Lumpkin, Presiding Justice.

An elaborate discussion of the facts of this case would be unprofitable. The law of it is free from doubt. We-simply hold that a habeas corpus court, in deciding a controversy over the custody of a young girl between her* mother and another, commits no. abuse of discretion in* awarding the child to the latter, if there is evidence to warrant a finding that the mother is a lewd woman. It makes-no difference who the other contestant may be. Any fate ■ would be better for the child than the disgrace and ruin which would follow her prostitution. Do place could be-a…