State Ex Rel. Wells v. Hanley

The issue presented is whether the detention of the relator under a fugitive warrant issued upon a complaint charging him with escape from the Alabama prison may be shown to be without legal basis by inquiring into the Alabama conviction and showing that it was void for jurisdictional errors committed during the trial.

There are references in the bill of exceptions to an extradition hearing before the governor, but no documents relating to such a hearing are to be found in the record. Accordingly, there is no basis for a review of such proceedings. That occasion could arise only in the event…