People ex rel. Mitts v. Ham
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Frank W. Burton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to review an order of the Circuit Court of Sangamon county, dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Truman Mitts, the relator, to secure the release from restraint of Ethel Ham, a daughter of the defendants in error, claiming her as his wife.
The undisputed facts as averred in the petition and answer, and admitted by stipulation are: On April 6, 1916, the relator, a widower forty-three years of age with children of his own, having seduced the defendants’ daughter, Ethel Ham, who was…
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