HOUSER, Commissioner.
Upon the petition of James Anthony Hayes we issued our writ of habeas corpus upon the alleged ground that he was being unlawfully restrained of his liberty by respondents, the Chief of Police, Sheriff, Warden of the City Jail, and a sergeant of the Police Department of the City of St. Louis. Respondents filed their return to the writ asserting in justification of the restraint that petitioner was detained as a fugitive from justice by virtue...
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