State ex rel. Owens v. Tahash

Frank T. Gallagher, C.

Appeal from an order of the district court discharging a writ of habeas corpus.

On January 30, 1963, petitioner was apprehended by Steams County officers. That same day officers from Douglas County, after some joint interrogation with the Steams County officials, took petitioner to the Douglas County jail where he was served with a warrant for his arrest. Because of the temporary absence of the municipal judge in Alexandria, the county seat, petitioner was incarcerated until February 6, 1963, when he was brought before the committing magistrate. He was bound over to the…