State Ex Rel. Van Scoyoc v. State

Me. Speoial Justice F. T. Fanchee

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner was arrested in Hamilton county oh a charge of being a fugitive from justice from the state of California. Later, requisition was -granted by the G-ov- ernor and petitioner was taken into custody under the warrant of the Governor. He sued out a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which upon the hearing was dismissed, and he appealed to this court. He is charged with stealing an automobile in the state of California in May, 1936. The prisoner swore on the trial of this cause that he'was not in California when…