State ex rel. Jones v. McKenzie

This is an appeal by Nathaniel C. Jones from an order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County denying him habeas corpus relief. In his petition the appellant alleged that the State of West Virginia was illegally confining him pursuant to certain extradition papers. The circuit court found that while a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of West Virginia was irregular, the defect was of a clerical nature and did not constitute such harmful error as to justify the discharge of the appellant. In the present proceeding the appellant challenges the circuit court’s ruling. After examining the…