People ex rel. Sapiro v. Bolan

The relator is charged with being a fugitive from the public justice of the State of Illinois. The Governor of New York has honored the requisition for his rendition. The relator now seeks his discharge on a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that, the requisition for his extradition is illegal and void upon the following grounds: (1) The petition for the requisition was not signed by the State’s attorney; (2) the assistant State’s attorney lacked the power to verify the petition in the absence of the State’s attorney from the State; (3) the indictment is illegal because of the method of…