Ex Parte Heath

Complaint was filed before the justice of the peace of Allen county, Kansas, charging petitioner with the crime of deserting .and neglecting to provide for his wife and minor children. The complaint charges that the crime was committed “on or about the 3d day of November, 1927, and continuously since said time.” Petitioner was taken into custody by defendant Smock, as agent of the state of Kansas, by virtue of an executive warrant by the governor of this state, issued pursuant to a requisition from the governor of the state of Kansas. Petitioner made application to this court for a writ of…