Kelley v. State

RICE, Judge.

Petitioner was in the custody of the Sheriff of Covington County, under and by virtue of an arrest under a Governor’s warrant issued by the Governor of Alabama upon the request of the Governor of Florida. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Gen.Acts Ala. 1931, p. 559.

He filed this petition for the writ of habeas corpus with the circuit judge of Covington, seeking to obtain his discharge from the custody of said Sheriff, and, from an adverse order, he brings this appeal, under the Statute. Act approved June 16, 1927, Gen.Acts Ala.1927, p. 76.

The warrant issued by the Governor of this…