In re of Hampton

This hearing is in extradition proceedings. The Governor of Kentucky made requisition on the Governor of Ohio for the prisoner as a fugitive from justice. The Governor of Ohio thereupon issued his warrant to the sheriff of this county. The prisoner was arrested and brought before me, as one of the judges of this court, “ to be dealt with according to law.” On the 81st day of December, 1894, after a partial hearing, the inquiry was continued to January 4, and, on its final submission, is now to be determined.

On the first hearing it appeared that the prisoner was named in the requisition papers…