Johnson v. State

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

It seems to us that the sole basis of the decision of the Court of Appeals in this case is the opinion in the case of Denson v. State, reported in 36 Ala.App. 216, 57 So.2d 830, certiorari denied 257 Ala. 184, 57 So.2d 832, and cases there cited.

It is to be noted that in the Denson case, supra, the petitioner was denied his discharge on habeas corpus.

As we construe it, the Denson case is authority for the proposition that the recitals in the governor’s rendition warrant as to the necessary jurisdictional facts establishes a prima facie case for the legal detention of…