People Ex Rel. Banks v. Farner

The circuit court of Williamson County quashed a writ of habeas corpus, which had issued on the petition of relator John Raymond Banks. He was remanded to the custody of the sheriff for extradition to Alabama. The relator appeals, contending that the demand and supporting papers are insufficient.

The demand upon which the Governor of Illinois issued the rendition warrant says the relator stands charged with bigamy and two cases of forgery, second degree, committed within the county of Pickens and State of Alabama, “as shown by certified copy of Indictment and allied papers.” Offered in…