Bedsole v. State

CATES, Judge.

August 8, 1955 Bedsole applied to the Circuit Court of Houston County for habeas corpus to the sheriff of that county. The writ was issued and served August 8 and a hearing held August 11 at 9 :00 a. m. upon the petition and the return and a supplemental return of the sheriff.

Bedsole alleged unlawful detention because of the illegal issuance of a Alabama rendition warrant predicated on a request from the Governor of Florida.

*625The sheriff’s return stated Bedsole was held under (1) the warrant of the Governor of Alabama, (2) an affidavit and a fugitive warrant of the Houston Law and…