Stewart v. Jessup

Stewart, the appellant, being confined in .the jail of Hamilton county, was, upon a writ of habeas corpus, brought before the circuit court of said county. The .appellee, in- his return to said writ, stated that the appellant had been charged by affidavit filed before a justice of the peace of said county with obtaining possession of twelve horses .by false pretences; that upon a preliminary examination before the said justice, he had been adjudged guilty, and required to give security in the sum of three thousand dollars for his appearance in the circuit court to answer said ■charge; that…