Morton v. Skinner

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court in a habeas corpus case. The appellant was held in custody by virtue of a warrant issued by the Governor of this State, upon a requisition by the Governor of the State of Illinois. On consideration of the case in the circuit court, the appellant was remanded to. the custody of the officer having: him in charge.

*124The papers in the case, copied into the record, show that the appellant is charged in Illinois with a crime which is neither treason nor felony, but is a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and the…