West Virginia Supreme Court October 6, 1925, 5556 (Ex Parte Kirby)

HatcheR, Judge:

Upon the petition of Ira Kirby and seventeen others, a writ of Habeas Corpus issued from this court to the sheriff of Taylor county requiring him to show cause why the petitioners are detained. The return of the sheriff states that he arrested and detains the petitioners by virtue of a writ of the circuit court of said county, dated Sept. 18, 1925, which directed him so to do.