In re the Petition of Burrows
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. PETITION for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in this court April 24,1885, by Melvin Burrows, against C. H Thompson, as sheriff of Marion county.
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Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. PETITION for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in this court April 24,1885, by Melvin Burrows, against C. H Thompson, as sheriff of Marion county. Thereupon the writ prayed for was issued and made returnable before the supreme court on May 6, 1885. On that day the said sheriff brought before the court the body of the petitioner aforesaid, and certified in his return to the writ as follows, to wit: “ The body of the within-named Melvin Burrows was held by me at the time of the issuance of the said writ, for contempt of court, under the order and warrant of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HobtoN, C. J.:
On March 25, 1884, P. H. Kollock and B. Fanning recovered before a justice of .the peace of Marion •county in thisjstate, a judgment against Melvin Burrows, ag*677gregating, with costs, $325.30. On June 7,1884, an abstract of the judgment was filed and docketed in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county. On the same day an execution was issued upon the judgment to the sheriff of Marion county against the property of the judgment debtor. This execution was returned unsatisfied, and the judgment still remains unsatisfied.…
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