Baker v. Grice

This appeal is from an order of the United States circuit court for the Northern district of Texas, made upon a return to a writ of habeas corpus issued by that court to inquire into the cause for the detention of the petitioner, William Grice, who, it was alleged, was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by, and held in the custody of, J. W. Baker, the sheriff of McLennan county, Tex. After a hearing, the circuit court, on the 22d of February, 1897, discharged the petitioner. 79 Fed. 627.