Commonwealth ex rel. Lowry v. Reed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, issued out of the Supreme Court, at the relation of Alexander Lowry, against Daniel J. Reed, sheriff of Armstrong county. At the instance of the guardian of Vermadille Funk, a minor, the lion.
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This was an habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, issued out of the Supreme Court, at the relation of Alexander Lowry, against Daniel J. Reed, sheriff of Armstrong county. At the instance of the guardian of Vermadille Funk, a minor, the lion. Joseph Buffington, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county, awarded a writ of habeas corpus, commanding Lowry, the relator in the present proceeding, to produce the minor; after hearing, Judge Buffington made an order that Lowry should deliver the minor to her guardian. For refusing to obey the order an attachment was issued against…
1Opinion of the Court
The facts of the case necessary to its understanding (no paper-books having been furnished) will be found in the opinion of the court, which was delivered, November 17th 1868, by
Thompson, C. J.
The petition of the relator in this case was in the usual form, setting forth in general terms that he was illegally restrained' of his liberty by the respondent, the sheriff of Armstrong county — not by reason or on account of any criminal or supposed criminal matter, and prayed that a habeas corpus might issue to inquire into the cause of his detention. At the same time the counsel for the relator…
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