United States ex rel. Hatfield v. Guay

MORRIS, District Judge.

This proceeding arises upon the petition of Freeman Hatfield, seeking to be discharged from the custody of John M. Guay, United States Marshal for the District of New Hampshire.

Petitioner was arrested on a warrant issued by United States Commissioner Charles D. Barnard upon the request of Honorable Hugh Alexander Ford, British Consul General at Boston, Mass., charging that the petitioner is a fugitive from justice from the Dominion of Canada.

Hatfield is charged in two counts in the complaint, first, with the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses, and, second,…