Cooke v. Cooke

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus involving the custody of a minor child, a girl about 5 years of age. The plaintiff, James Henry Cooke, in his complaint or petition, alledges that he is the father of the child; that he is a resident of the city of Toronto, province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, where also the child and its mother, defendant herein, Hilda Betty Cooke, resided until, as it is alleged, she, surreptitiously and without the consent of the plaintiff, removed the child from Canada to the States; that the laws of Canada give him the paramount right to the custody and control…