Commonwealth v. Superintendent of County Prison
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from order of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 2, remanding relator to custody in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Richard C. Flower, Superintendent of the County Prison. Petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from order of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 2, remanding relator to custody in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Richard C. Flower, Superintendent of the County Prison. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Before Sulzberger, P. J. At the hearing the following offer was made : Counsel for Richard C. Flower offered to prove that he did not know Isabella Gray Taylor, mentioned in indictment 42,324, court of general sessions of the peace, in and for the county of New York, attached to the requisition; that he did not sell her any stock; that he…
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Rice, P.. J.,
The third assignment of error raises a question as to the sufficiency of the executive warrant. The constitutional provision upon the subject of fugitives from justice is in these words : “ A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime: ” Const, of the U. S., article iv., sec. 2. Under this provision of the constitution and the act of…
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