People Ex Rel. Flowers v. Gruenewald

Relator was arrested as a fugitive from justice on the authority of a Governor’s warrant, issued upon the demand of the Governor of Alabama. Alleging that his detention by the sheriff of St. Clair County was illegal, his attorney filed a petition in the circuit court of that county for a writ of habeas corpus as authorized by section 2 of the statute relating to fugitives from justice. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 60, par. 2.) A hearing upon the petition and the sheriff’s return, and evidence introduced, resulted in the dismissal of the petition. Relator was remanded to the custody of the…