Ex parte Graves

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a petition) for habeas corpus. The petitioner is held by the Massachusetts authorities under a warrant issued by the Governor of Massachusetts for rendition to the state of Illinois. The question is whether the petitioner’s rights under the Constitution and laws of the United States have been disregarded. The case was heard upon the petition, motion to dismiss, and answer, and such evidence was introduced as either party desired to offer. The petitioner moved for a jury trial. But the fundamental facts on which the present controversy turns are not in dispute,…