Commonwealth Ex Rel. Myers v. Case

PRICE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the court below granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and discharging the relator, Thomas Lee Myers. We vacate the order below and order the relator to be extradited to New Jersey.

On August 9, 1975, the relator was arrested in Bucks County for passing bad checks. On that same day, a Middle-town Township detective lodged a complaint against the relator, charging him with being a fugitive from justice from New Jersey. The relator was subsequently arrested 1 and arraigned2 on the fugitive charge. On August 12, 1975, *245a fugitive detainer…