May v. Sexton

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Macoupin County which denied the petition of Carl May for a writ of habeas corpus.

In January of 1965 a grand jury in Kentucky indicted the petitioner for "carrying concealed a deadly weapon”, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On August 23, 1965, he was arrested in Illinois pursuant to a complaint filed against him under section 13 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (111. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 60, par. 30), and was admitted to bail. On September 28, 1965, the Governor of Illinois issued a warrant for his arrest and…