Janes v. Cleghorn

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was a writ of habeas corpus sued out by Janes against the defendant, Cleghorn, to obtain the possession of an infant child named Mary H. Scott, whom the petitioner alleges the defendant, Cleghorn, detains in his custody without lawful warrant or authority. Upon the return of the writ with the defendant’s answer thereto, and after hearing the evidence submitted by the respective parties, the court ordered that the custody of the child should remain with the defendant, whereupon Janes, the petitioner, excepted.

There was a good deal of evidence introduced on the…