DOSS v. LINDSLEY

Civ. No. 368-D.

53 F.Supp. 427 (1944)

DOSS v. LINDSLEY, Sheriff of Platt County, III.

District Court, E. D. Illinois.

January 8, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Fitzgerald, of Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff.

O. D. Mann, Sp. State's Atty., of Danville, Ill., for defendant.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to prevent his arrest by the Sheriff of Piatt County, Illinois, in pursuance of a mandate of the Supreme Court of Illinois, affirming judgment sentencing him for contempt of court, wherein he was committed to jail for three months and fined $2,000. The history of the offense and final disposition of the appeal by the Supreme Court appear in People v. Doss, 382 Ill. 307, 46 N.E.2d 984 decided January...

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