Nevil v. Tyson

Nichols, Justice.

This appeal involves the extradition of the appellees to the State of Oklahoma under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Ga. L. 1951, p. 726 (Code Ann. Ch. 44-4), and the sole question presented is whether extradition papers, otherwise admittedly in order, are insufficient where accompanied by an information and an affidavit in support thereof executed in the presence of a notary public rather than an affidavit executed before a magistrate.

1. Prior to the enactment of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, supra, an information supported by an affidavit before a commercial…