In re Rovnianek
Nevada Supreme Court
Habeas corpus by P. N. Rovnianek, held in custody by John T. Burke, as agent of the State of Pennsylvania, under a warrant of the Governor of Nevada, upon the requisition of the Governor of Pennsylvania. There is no showing that the petitioner was a fugitive from justice in such a sense as to estop the statute of limitations from running.
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Habeas corpus by P. N. Rovnianek, held in custody by John T. Burke, as agent of the State of Pennsylvania, under a warrant of the Governor of Nevada, upon the requisition of the Governor of Pennsylvania. There is no showing that the petitioner was a fugitive from justice in such a sense as to estop the statute of limitations from running. (2 Purdon’s Digest Pa., secs. 55, 56, pp. 2297, 2298.) During petitioner’s absence from Pennsylvania, if he was absent; the statute of limitations was running against him, and he was in no sense a fugitive from j ustice. (Appleyard v. Mass., 208 U. S. 227.)…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.
The return to the writ shows that the petitioner is held in custody by John T. Burke, as the duly appointed and constituted agent of the State of Pennsylvania, by reason of a certain executive warrant issued by the governor of this state, upon the requisition of the governor of the State of Pennsylvania, based upon three indictments returned against the petitioner by the grand inquest of Allegheny County, Pa.
The point which is urged in behalf of respondent is that each of the indictments charges a crime within the…
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