Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Davis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 22, 1933PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Habeas Corpus. The respondent Walter English, messenger and agent of the State of Wisconsin, holds the petitioner, William C. Davis, under a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of this State in response to a requisition of the Governor of Wisconsin. The requisition states the petitioner stands charged by affidavit with the crime of “forgery and uttering” committed in the County of Milwaukee in Wisconsin.
The .petitioner’s denial of the respondent’s return to our writ alleges the prisoner’s detention is illegal because:(1) the affidavit on which the requisition is based fails on its face…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Drew v. ThawSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- In Re HaganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- People Ex Rel. De Martini v. McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Curtis v. TozerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
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- Huff v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
- MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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