Ex Parte J. Sherwood Smith

The petition presented to us gives a history of the proceedings in this ease, and sets out the reasons given for asking for the Writ, so we quote the petition, as follows:

“Tour petitioner, J. Sherwood Smith, respectfully respresents that he is unlawfully and wrongfully imprisoned, detained, confined and restrained of his liberty at Benton, Scott County, Missouri, by Mrs. Pauline Anderson, Sheriff of the County of Scott, State of Missouri; that said imprisonment, detention, confinement and restraint are illegal, and that the illegality thereof consists in this, to-wit: That at the August Term,…