State Ex Rel. Bearden v. Pearson

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.

The petitioner is held by the respondent under- a judgment in contempt, as follows:

“This cause coming on to be heard this 12th day of April, A. D. 1938, upon testimony of the complainant’s solicitor wherein the herein named defendant has failed to comply with the Court Order requiring the defendant ^to pay to the complainant the sum of $8.50 per week; and it appearing to the Court that the herein named defendant is now in the arrears in his weekly payment to the complainant in the sum of $45.00.

“It Is, Therefore, Ordered and Decreed that the…