Ex parte Hoffstot
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Application of Frank N. Hoffstot for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from a Governor’s extradition warrant.
1Opinion of the Court
HORT, District Judge.
This is a writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of the detention of the petitioner, Frank N. Hoffstot, who is held under a warrant issued by the Governor of the state of New York directing the surrender of Hoffstot to the authorities of Pennsylvania as a fugitive from justice. On April 6, 1910, an indictment was found against Ploffstot by the grand jury of the county of Allegheny, Pa. This indictment contains five counts, charging, in substance, in different forms, that Hoffstot conspired with James W. Friend and Charles Stewart to bribe members of the' council of…
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- In re StraussCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
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- Ex parte GrahamDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1914
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