Indiana Supreme Court January 22, 1857 (Shaw v. Smith)

Stuart, J.

Habeas corpus to obtain the possession of an infant.

*486Smith was the duly appointed guardian of Stephen A. McCracken, a minor.

As such, guardian he filed his affidavit for a writ of habeas corpus for the person of his ward, alleging him to be illegally restrained of his liberty by Victor Shaw, in, &e.