Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County Prison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 228, Jan. T., 1908, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1906, No. 1,906, affirming order of Q. S. Phila. Co., Eeb. T., 1907, No. 2, remanding relator to custody in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Richard C. Flower v. The Superintendent of Philadelphia County Prison. Appeal from judgment of the Superior Court. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. See 33 Pa. Superior Ct. 594. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The constitution of the United States, article IY, section 2, provides that: “ A person charged in any state with treason, felony or other crime, who shall flee from, justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.” Pursuant to this constitutional provision and to carry it into effect, congress passed an act which provides that: “ Whenever the executive authority of any state or territory demands any person as a…
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