Straub v. Sanders

Mobley, Chief Justice.

The Governor of Georgia honored the demand of the Governor of Pennsylvania to extradite Theodore W. Straub, who was charged in the State of Pennsylvania with the crimes of assault and battery, assault with intent to kill, and assault with intent to maim. Straub applied for writ of habeas corpus, and after a hearing on the writ, he was remanded to the custody of the respondent. He appeals from this judgment.

The appellant made no contention that there was not a proper demand for his extradition, but contended that he was not in the State of Pennsylvania on April 13, 1973,…