Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Covington v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 5, 1925No. 26970PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
J. H. Covington, an alleged fugitive from justice from the state of South Carolina, was arrested by the sheriff of the parish of Caddo, under the warrant of the Governor of this state, issued in compliance with the requisition of the Govern- or of the former state, and the prisoner was surrendered to the duly appointed agent of the Governor of the state of South Carolina, ’ to be returned to that state.
The prisoner was discharged from custody, after his surrender, under a writ of habeas corpus, issued by the judge of the district court for the First judicial district of this state, for the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Robb v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Holmes v. JennisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Matter of StraussSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Compton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Oliver Lee Kirkland and Elizabeth Smith v. Paul H. Preston and Luke MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States Ex Rel. McCline v. MeyeringCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1934
- Ex Parte RiccardiArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- Application of WilliamsIdaho Supreme Court · 1955
- State v. CommissoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
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