Drew v. Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. The facts, which involve questions arising out of a demand made by the Governor of one State upon the Governor of another State for the rendition of a fugitive from justice who had been indicted by the demanding State for conspiracy to effect his own escape from the State Asylum to which he had been committed as a lunatic by order of the court, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. The facts, which involve questions arising out of a demand made by the Governor of one State upon the Governor of another State for the rendition of a fugitive from justice who had been indicted by the demanding State for conspiracy to effect his own escape from the State Asylum to which he had been committed as a lunatic by order of the court, are stated in the opinion. The State of New York does not claim as a basis for the rendition of the petitioner that any right exists on its part to recover, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an appeal from a final order discharging the appellee on habeas corpus. Thaw was held upon a warrant from the Governor of New Hampshire for his extradition to New York in pursuance of a demand of the Governor of the latter State. He was alleged to be a fugitive from justice and a copy of an indictment found by a New York grand jury accompanied the demand. The indictment alleged that Thaw had been committed to the Matteawan State Hospital for the insane under an order of court reciting that he had been acquitted at his trial upon a former indictment on the ground of insanity and that…
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