In re Mahon
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Petition for writ of Habeas Corpus, by Plyant Mahon. Abner Justice, jailer of Pike county, having made his return to the writ of habeas corpus issued heroin on the-day of February, 1888, and Plyant Mahon having filed bis response thereto, and produced evidence, the court certifies the following to be the facts as admitted by the parlies or proven to the court’s satisfaction, viz.: Tho petitioner, Mahon, together with 19 other persons, was, at the September term, 1882, of the…
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Petition for writ of Habeas Corpus, by Plyant Mahon. Abner Justice, jailer of Pike county, having made his return to the writ of habeas corpus issued heroin on the-day of February, 1888, and Plyant Mahon having filed bis response thereto, and produced evidence, the court certifies the following to be the facts as admitted by the parlies or proven to the court’s satisfaction, viz.: Tho petitioner, Mahon, together with 19 other persons, was, at the September term, 1882, of the circuit court of Pike county, Ky., indicted by the grand jury impaneled in and by said court, for willful murder,…
1Opinion of the Court
BabR, J.,
(orally, after stating the facts as above.) The question presented to the court under this writ of habeas carpus is much narrower than the discussion of counsel would indicate. It is now settled that the courts of the United States recognize the treaty obligation between the United States and other nations in regard to the extradition of fugitives from justice. In a recent case, the supreme court recognized the provisions in regard to extradition, in the treaty known as the “Ash-burton Treaty” between the United States and Great Britain, and decided that a person extradited under…
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