In Re Nerreter

This is an appeal from a final order in the superior court for King county, granting the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus and discharging him from custody of the sheriff of King county and the extradition agent of the governor of the state of Michigan.

On September 10, 1946, Mary Zimmerman, former wife of the petitioner, by complaint and oath in writing, before a municipal judge of the city of Flint, in the state of Michigan, charged Deo Nerreter, also known as Deo Weeks, with having neglected and refused to provide necessary and proper shelter, food, care, and clothing for…