Bearden v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

An arrest may be made without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in another State with a crime punishable by *382death or imprisonment for a minimum of one year, but he must be carried before a judge or magistrate with all speed and complaint must be made against him under oath. Code Ann. § 44-414 (Ga. L. 1951, pp. 726, 731). This was done in this case. Then Section 15 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (Code Ann. § 44-415; Ga. L. 1951, pp. 726, 731) provides that if the examination before the judge or magistrate shows that the…