Petty v. Morrow

I concur in the judgment dismissing the appeal. I dissent from the rule of law stated in the syllabus. The declared purpose of the statute under which this proceeding was instituted, tried and decided in the district court (Laws 1937, ch. 273, G. S. 1937 Supp. 62-727 et seq.) is avowed in its title, “An act to make uniform the procedure of interstate extradition,” etc. While it provides for a summary hearing on a writ of habeas corpus “before a judge of a court of record,” this new statute which deals exclusively with interstate rendition of criminals is complete in itself; and there is no…