Tingley v. State

CARR, Judge.

Harold N. Tingley, the petitioner below, was arrested under the authority of a governor’s warrant issued on a requisition of the Governor of the State of California. The said warrant recites that the petitioner “is charged by Complaint and Supporting Papers, in the County of Los Angeles in said State, with the crime of Grand Theft ■ — 48 Counts.”

The accused sued out a writ of habeas corpus seeking his discharge. The writ was denied by the court below, and this appeal followed.

It may be accurately stated that the proceedings below were rather informal, but a fair and reasonable…