Ex Parte Noell v. Bender

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus, in which the petitioner seeks release from a judgment for contempt rendered against him by a notary public of Marion County, under which he is restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of said county, for refusing to appear before said notary public and give his deposition and testify in a certain matter in controversy pending in the Circuit Court, of-the City of St. Louis, between Charles P. Noell, the petitioner herein, as plaintiff, and a railroad company and others as defendants.

The sheriff’s return shows that he holds "the petitioner…