Petty v. Morrow

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action wherein petitioner sought a writ of habeas corpus. Judgment was entered denying the writ. Petitioner appeals. The respondent has asked that the appeal be dismissed.

Petitioner filed his petition for a writ in which he alleged that he was unlawfully deprived of his liberty and confined in the jail of Leavenworth county, by the sheriff of that county and an agent of the state of Illinois, on the ground that he was a fugitive from justice or on some ground unknown to petitioner, but that on whatever ground he was being held was…