Potts v. State

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is in custody of the Sheriff under a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of this State at the request of the Governor of Mississippi. He stands charged under an indictment for forcible rape in Pearl River County, Mississippi.

The rendition warrant recites the necessary jurisdictional facts, to-wit: (1) that there was a demand in writing for the return of the appellant named in the indictment and warrant as a fugitive from justice by the executive…