Ex parte Thornton
Texas Supreme Court
Habeas corpus. This was an application to “one of the justices of the Su“premo Court, sitting in the city of Galveston,” for a habeas corpus; the writ was made returnable “before the judges of our said Supreme Court, now in “session, forthwith.” The return was that the relator was detained by virtue of the following writ: State op Texas.
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Habeas corpus. This was an application to “one of the justices of the Su“premo Court, sitting in the city of Galveston,” for a habeas corpus; the writ was made returnable “before the judges of our said Supreme Court, now in “session, forthwith.” The return was that the relator was detained by virtue of the following writ: State op Texas. To all and singular the sheriffs, constables, and other civil officers of said State, greeting: Whereas it lias been represented and made known to me by his Excellency Elias N. Conway, Governor of the State of Arkansas, that Abner E. Thornton, late of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The relator insists on his discharge on the ground of the insufficiency and illegality of the warrant, in this, that it does not show by recital that the representation and demand of the Governor of the State of Arkansas was accompanied with a copy of an indictment found, or an *323affidavit made before some magistrate of tlie State of Arkansas, certified to by the said Executive as being duly authenticated, and charging the relator with having commuted the crime of forgery within the said State, and we are of opinion that on the ground set forth he is entitled to his discharge.…
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