In re Waterman
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Application by Ralph E. Waterman for a writ of habeas corpus for his discharge from custody under a warrant issued by the Governor of the State on the requisition of the Governor of Iowa. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Original proceeding. Application by Ralph E. Waterman for a writ of habeas corpus for his discharge from custody under a warrant issued by the Governor of the State on the requisition of the Governor of Iowa. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The defendant should be discharged because the indictment does not charge an offense'against the laws of the State of Iowa in that it fails to show that the defendant obtained by false pretenses any money, goods, or chattels; it fails to show that defendant obtained any interest - or benefit, by false pretenses or otherwise, in any money,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
Petitioner was arrested upon an executive order issued by the Governor of the State of Nevada upon a requisition of the Governor of Iowa, which alleged that petitioner was a fugitive from justice from the State of Iowa, duly indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses by a grand Jury in that commonwealth, and requesting that said, petitioner be delivered into the custody of one Peter Arendt, the duly appointed agent of the State of Iowa, for the purpose of receiving from the authorities of Nevada, and bringing back to Iowa, said petitioner, to be then and there…
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