In re Greenough
Supreme Court of Vermont
Habeas Corpus, directed to Isaac B. Crane, upon the petition of Benjamin F. Greenough. Crane stated in his return that he held the relator in custody as agent of the State of Illinois, under a requisition from the Governor of that State upon the Executive of Vermont; that under this requisition the Governor of Vermont had issued his warrant for the arrest of the relator, and his surrender to Crane, as agent of the State of Illinois ; that he had been so arrested and…
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Habeas Corpus, directed to Isaac B. Crane, upon the petition of Benjamin F. Greenough. Crane stated in his return that he held the relator in custody as agent of the State of Illinois, under a requisition from the Governor of that State upon the Executive of Vermont; that under this requisition the Governor of Vermont had issued his warrant for the arrest of the relator, and his surrender to Crane, as agent of the State of Illinois ; that he had been so arrested and surrendered, and that the respondent held Mm by virtue of such requisition, and for the sole purpose of transporting him to…
1Opinion of the CourtBennett, J.
The second section of article four in the United States Constitution, provides that a person charged in any State with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in any other State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime. The law of Congress, passed in 1793, provides for can-ying out this provision in the constitution. When the executive authority of a State shall demand a fugitive from justice, of the executive authority of the State to which the…
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