Coughlin v. Ehlert

This party is brought before the court on a writ of habeas corpus. It appears by the return of the jailor that he was committed to jail under an order of the St. Louis Circuit Court, which stated that “ being here in court under attachment for not obeying the order of court made on the 80th March, 1865, to pay alimony to the plaintiff as set forth in said order,” and “failing to show cause for disobeying said order” he was thereby committed to the county jail “ for ten days unless said alimony is sooner paid.”’ The petition states that the petitioner is a poor man and pnable to employ…