State ex rel. DeBuys v. Civil Sheriff

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The relator, averring that he is illegally detained in

custody by the Civil Sheriff under a commitment issued by the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, and averring sundry illegalities and irregularities in the proceedings under .which said commitment was *1226issued, applied to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus addressed to the said sheriff.

The writ was issued and made returnable this day, and in obedience thereto the sheriff produced the body of the relator in open court and made his return to the writ by exhibiting a duly…