State ex rel. Sklaroff v. Purdy

HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant, Martin Sklaroff, was arrested by the appellee on a Rendition Warrant issued by the Governor of Florida for appellant’s extradition to the state of New York.

Appellant sued out a writ of habeas corpus. No attack was made on the extradition documents annexed to the warrant. Petitioner did not deny his identity in his petition, but did allege that he had no knowledge as to whether he was the person named in the New York indictment upon which the extradition warrant was based.

At the hearing the state introduced only the extradition documents. The petitioner offered no…