In re Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

On the defendant’s plea of guilty he was sentenced to the penitentiary for embezzlement of money belonging to J. R. Ely. The petitioner asks his release on the ground that more than two years had elapsed between the time the warrant was issued and the time of his arrest, although he had been within the state during most of that time and the officer having the warrant knew at all times where the petitioner was, and that the latter had requested the officer to arrest, the petitioner in order that he might be brought to trial. As a. further…