Ex parte Noel

MOREMEN, Judge.

By petition to the Kenton Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, Brown Noel sought to be released from the custody of the jailer of that county where he was being held under a warrant issued by the Governor under KRS 440.070. The circuit court refused to release him.

On the 30th day of December 1959, the place of business of the Mason Jewelers, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama, was entered and about $15,000 worth of merchandise was carried away.

On January 3, 1960, Brown Noel was arrested under a fugitive warrant (KRS 440. 080) issued from the Covington Police Court upon…