Illinois Supreme Court February 21, 1907 (People ex rel. Nagel v. Heider)

Mr. Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 21, 1906, a writ of habeas corpus was issued out of this court upon the petition of William Nagel, against W. George Heider, sheriff of Rock Island county, and Bruce H. Stiers, sheriff of Henry county, to inquire into the cause of a detention of the relator alleged by him to be illegal.