§ 1106 — Habeas corpus

§ 1106. Habeas corpus. If it appears, by affidavit, to the\nsatisfaction of the court, that the person required to be produced is\nimprisoned within the state, for any cause, except upon a sentence for a\nfelony, or is kept or detained, within the state, by any person, the\ncourt may, either before or after making the order for production, issue\na writ of habeas corpus to bring him before it, or before the referee,\nas the case requires. The writ must be served and executed, and\ndisobedience thereto may be punished, as where a writ of habeas corpus\nis issued, to inquire into the cause of the detention of a prisoner.\n