Legal Opinion
Mathews v. Foster
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 14, 1953No. 18142PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, Justice.
The exception is to a judgment refusing to discharge the applicant, Horace H. Mathews, on his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. At the time of his application he was duly held in custody, as a fugitive from justice, by A. B. Foster, Sheriff of Fulton County, under an executive warrant of the Governor of Georgia, dated January 12, 1953, based on an extradition proceeding by the Governor of Michigan. No attack is made on the extradition proceeding. It appears that in 1942 Mathews was convicted of a crime in Michigan, and sentenced to serve one and one-fourth to fourteen…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Barranger v. BaumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Blackwell v. JenningsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Broyles v. MountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Brown v. LowrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Deering v. MountSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Baldwin v. GrimesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Jeffers v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Bryant v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Soviero v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Williams v. GrimesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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