Rosenberg v. Slavin

The plaintiff, arrested and detained under a warrant of the Governor for his extradition to the State of New York, sought his release under a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant sheriff made a return in which he included a copy of the warrant, from which it appears that the plaintiff stands charged in the State of New York with the crime of grand larceny. In his reply the plaintiff alleged “the facts and circumstances out of which this accusation arose” as follows: That in March, 1936, he had sold and delivered to Charles Williams of Buffalo, New York, a certain oil royalty agreement,…