Legal Opinion
Davis v. O'connell, Chief of Police
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1950No. 14190PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court discharging a writ of habeas corpus. The effect of the order was to remand the petitioner (appellant) to the custody of the Chief of Police of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, for rendition to an agent of the State of Georgia pursuant to an extradition warrant issued ■by the Governor of Missouri 1 under Section 3182, Title 18 U.S.C.A. 2
In his petition for the writ, filed on April 12, 1950, the petitioner alleged: “that he is being illegally and unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the respondents in that he is a…
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