Ex Parte Reinhardt

A petition was filed in this court on October 8, 1930, by Mrs. Adolph Reinhardt, mother of Hattie Reinhardt, a minor, praying for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of Hattie Reinhardt from the custody of respondent J. S. Stokes, sheriff of Ravalli county. In the petition it is alleged that ever since September 23, 1930, Hattie Reinhardt has been unlawfully confined and restrained of her liberty in the county jail at Hamilton by Stokes, without any writ, warrant, judgment, order or other authority; that petitioner has demanded the custody of the minor from Stokes, but the custody…