People Ex Rel. Mortensen v. O'Brien

C. B. Mortensen was arrested on a warrant issued under a requisition of the Governor of the State of Iowa. He filed a petition in the criminal court of Cook county for a writ of habeas corpus. A return was made by the sheriff and, upon a hearing, the petition was dismissed and Mortensen was remanded to the custody of the sheriff. He has prosecuted a writ of error to review the proceedings.

The warrant charges that Mortensen committed a crime in Scott county, Iowa, on May 25, 1938, by issuing a false check. The check in controversy is for $20.71, on the First National Bank and Trust Company of…