People Ex Rel. Johnston v. Traeger

Plaintiff in error, Mary S. Johnson, was arrested, by defendant in error William Russell, ¡commissioner of police of the city- of Chicago, under a warrant issued by the Governor of this State under the seal-of the State, upon the demand of the executive of the State of Michigan for plaintiff in error as a fugitive from justice, and she was by Russell placed in the custody of defendant in error John E. Traeger, sheriff of" Cook county, to await her delivery to the agent'of the State of Michigan named in the demand of the executive. Plaintiff in error sued out a writ of habeas -corpus from the…