Locke v. Burns

Caplan, Chief Justice:

In this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County denying a writ of habeas corpus, sought in an extradition proceeding, the issue is whether the warrant of the Governor of the State of West Virginia was valid. We find that such warrant, issued pursuant to a request of the Governor of Missouri, was invalid and the said judgment is reversed.

Charles L. Locke, who was charged with the commission of a crime in the State of Missouri, was apprehended in this state pursuant to an arrest warrant signed by the Governor of West Virginia. In his habeas corpus…