Willin v. Sheriff

These are applications for leave to appeal from refusal of the writ of habeas corpus, in the identical cases of two persons held under warrants of rendition issued by the Governor of Maryland upon extradition warrants from the State of Delaware. Petitioners had been convicted of robbery and sentenced to prison in Delaware, but escaped and were apprehended by the Sheriff of Caroline County, in cooperation with the Maryland State Police, on warrants issued by a trial magistrate, charging flight from justice in Delaware. Upon their refusal to waive extradition, a hearing was held by an Assistant…