Conmonwealth v. Steele
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T. 1921, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. of Huntingdon County, Sept. T., 1921, No. 8, remanding relator to custody in case of Commonwealth ex rel. George Lytle v. John A. Steele, Sheriff. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Before Bailey, P. J. The facts are stated in' the opinion of the Superior Court. The court ordered that the relator be remanded to custody. Error assigned was the order of the court. Com. v. Mc-Candlass, 7 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T. 1921, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. of Huntingdon County, Sept. T., 1921, No. 8, remanding relator to custody in case of Commonwealth ex rel. George Lytle v. John A. Steele, Sheriff. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Before Bailey, P. J. The facts are stated in' the opinion of the Superior Court. The court ordered that the relator be remanded to custody. Error assigned was the order of the court. Com. v. Mc-Candlass, 7 Pa. C. C. 51; 21 Cyc. p. 322; Com. ex rel. Nuber v. Keeper of Workhouse, 6 Pa. Superior Ct. 420.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
Article IY, section 2, of the Federal Constitution defines the rights and obligations of the several states of the Union in cases where a person charged with crime in one state has fled from its justice and sought an asylum in a different state. To carry the constitutional provision into effect and provide the procedure to be adopted in such cases the Federal Congress passed the Act of February 12, 1793, revised statutes 1022. Where the governor of the asylum state has ascertained the existence of the facts specified in the statute and issued his warrant for the delivery of…
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- Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County PrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Commonwealth ex rel. Nuber v. Keeper of WorkhouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Commonwealth v. Superintendent of County PrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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