Stommel v. Timbrel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Gourt. — Hon. E. L. Burton, Judge. Appeal from orders in hateas corpus proceedings made by Hon. E. L. Burton, judge of the second judicial district, at chambers in Ottumwa, Wapello county, releasing the plaintiff from custody of the defendant, as sheriff of Mahaska county, in the sixth judicial district, the plaintiff being held under judgments of the district court of Mahaska county,' and writs of commitment issued thereon. The defendant appeals,
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The record and proceedings in these ten cases being the same in all respects, except the names of the parties plaintiff, and involving the same question, they are submitted together. The following is a sufficient statement of the facts as shown in the pleadings, evidence and admissions for a correct understanding of the questions considered.
In February, 1891, the appellees were separately indicted by the grand jury of Mahaska county for the crime of causing a “nuisance,” as defined in what is commonly called the “Prohibitory Law” (Code, section 1543.) On May first they each filed in the…
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