In Re Wheeler

Can the question of guilt or innocence of the accused be considered by the courts of the asylum state in a habeas corpus proceeding incident to interstate rendition?

Respondent is charged by complaint filed in Boyd county, Nebraska, with the crime of abandoning his wife and two children on or about August 27, 1952, contrary to the statutes of that state.

The governor of Nebraska requested his extradition from the state of Washington. November 17, 1953, the governor of this state issued a rendition warrant and appellant, the sheriff of King county, took respondent into custody. He seeks his…