State Ex Rel. King v. Wall

Relator has appealed from an order quashing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the respondent.

By stipulation the parties have submitted the matter to this court upon the record made in the lower court. The relator attacks the sufficiency of the papers accompanying the demand from the governor of Illinois for the return of the relator as a fugitive from the justice of that state.

The federal statute, Title 18, IT SC A, § 662 (E. S. § 5278) requires the executive authority of any state demanding the custody of any person as a fugitive from justice to furnish “a copy of…