People Ex Rel. DeBardas v. Toman

The issue presented here is whether the relator, Simon DeBardas, is lawfully in the custody of the sheriff of Cook county on a warrant of rendition issued by the Governor of this State at the request of the Governor of the State of Missouri.

On July 23, 1935, at the instance of the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, the relator, Simon De-Bardas, was arrested in Chicago on a fugitive warrant charging him with embezzlement. On August 8, 1935, the Governor of Illinois issued his warrant of rendition for the relator at the request of the chief executive of Missouri. The cause…