In re Harris

The petitioner is brought into the court on a writ of habeas corpus, and alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and detained by L. B. Hutchinson, acting sheriff of Newton county, and therefore asks to be discharged.

It seems from the petition and the return made thereto that the petitioner was arrested on complaint and affidavit made for violating an act to prevent the introduction into this State of Texas, Mexican, or Indian cattle during certain seasons of the year, approved February 26, 1869. The papers are all in due form, and the arrest properly made in compliance with the act. The only…