Cappola v. Platt

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing a writ of habeas corpus issued on his application to secure his release from arrest for extradition to Massachusetts. In his application he alleges that he is a resident of Connecticut and this is not questioned in the record. He was arrested in Massachusetts for the crime of theft committed there, arraigned in the District Court for Hampshire County, pleaded guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for six months. He appealed to the Superior Court for Hampshire County and that court, not imposing sentence upon him, placed him upon probation…