In re Wheeler
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed iu this court June 24, 1885, by George H. Wheeler against Samuel Thompson, as sheriff of Brown county. The writ prayed for was issued and made returnable before the supreme court, on July 8, 1885. The material facts are stated in the opinion herein, filed October 9, 1885.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by George H. Wheeler, in which he alleges that he is illegally deprived of his liberty by the sheriff of Brown county. The petitioner was charged by Ida E. Bobbins, an unmarried woman, with being the father of a bastard child of which she was pregnant, and at a trial in the district court a jury found him to be the father of such child, and he was adjudged by thé court to pay to the relatrix, Ida E. Bobbins, for the support of the child, the sum of $1,000, in twenty equal installments of…
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