Robb v. Connolly
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. On the 20th day of November, 1883, one O. H. Bayley was arrested in the city of San Francisco, California, and delivered to W. L. Robb, who had been empowered by the Governor of the State of Oregon to take and receive him from the proper authorities of the State of California, and convey him to the former State, to be there dealt with according to law.
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IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. On the 20th day of November, 1883, one O. H. Bayley was arrested in the city of San Francisco, California, and delivered to W. L. Robb, who had been empowered by the Governor of the State of Oregon to take and receive him from the proper authorities of the State of California, and convey him to the former State, to be there dealt with according to law. The arrest and delivery were in pursuance of the warrant of the Governor of California, as follows: “ State of California, Executive Department. “ The people of the State of California to any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued :
For the purpose of giving effect to the second section" of article four of the Constitution of the United States, declaring that “ a person charged in any State with .treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice and be found in another State, shall on the demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime,” Congress passed the act of February 12th, 1793, in relation to fugitives from justice. 1 Stat. 302. The provisions of…
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