In Re Wenman
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus originally made to the District Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District to recover the custody of a minor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Garret W. McEnerney, Gavin McNab, R. P. Henshall, and Andrew F. Burke, for Petitioner. Sullivan & Sullivan and Theo. J. Roche, Hiram W. Johnson, Jr., and Archibald M. Johnson, for Respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This is a proceeding in habeas corpus brought to recover the custody of a minor child alleged to have been abducted and at present unlawfully detained. The writ having issued, a return was made thereto by the person detaining the child, and the matter is before us for decision upon demurrer to the return.
In May, 1914, in the state of Connecticut, the parents of the child—a boy now seven years of age—were divorced, and his custody was by the decree awarded to the petitioner, the father, with the right to the mother to visit her son twice a week at his father’s home in the state of…
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