Lascelles v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. This case was brought here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. This case was brought here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. The single federal question, presented bj7 the record, and • relied on to confer upon this court the jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia, complained of by the plaintiff in error, was whether a fugitive from justice who has been surrendered by one State of the Union to another State thereof upon requisition, charging him with the commission of a specific crime, has, under the Constitution and laws of the United States, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Jackson,-
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error prosecutes the present writ of error to review and reverse this decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia, claiming that in its rendition a right, privilege or immunity secured to him under the Constitution and laws of the United States, specially set up and insisted on, was denied. The particular right claimed to have been denied is the alleged exemption from indictment and trial except for the-specific offences on which he had been surrendered.
The question presented for our consideration…
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