People Ex Rel. McFadden v. Meyering

Edward McFadden was apprehended as a fugitive from justice by the authority of a Governor’s warrant issued upon the demand of the Governor of Wisconsin. The sheriff produced McFadden in the criminal court of Cook county. The prisoner filed a petition charging, among other things, that he was not a fugitive from the justice of Wisconsin and praying for a writ of habeas corpus to relieve him from his detention. A hearing upon the petition resulted' in its dismissal and the consequent remandment of the petitioner to the sheriff’s custody. McFadden prosecutes this appeal.

The warrant of the…