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People Ex Rel. Stanton v. Meyering

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1931No. 20834. Judgment reversed and petitioner dischargedPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

The plaintiffs in error, Danny Stanton and Edgar Smith, filed their petition in the criminal court of Cook county alleging that they were unlawfully deprived of their liberty by William D. Meyering, sheriff of Cook county, by virtue of a warrant issued by the Governor of the State of Illinois dated October 18, 1930, on the requisition of the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, charging the relators with the murder of Jack Zuta in the State of Wisconsin on August 1, 1930. The petition alleged that the relators were not the same persons described in the requisition papers and the warrant and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Illinois Ex Rel. McNichols v. PeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. The People v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Lacondra v. HermannIllinois Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. ShawleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  2. State v. KittelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  3. The People v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  4. People Ex Rel. Buxton v. JeremiahIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  5. People Ex Rel. Mortensen v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1939

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