Yordi v. Nolte
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. . Pablo Yordi,. being detained in custody by the United States marshal of the Western District of Texas, obtained from the District Court for that' district a writ of habeas Corpus to secure his release. He was charged in the republic of Mexico with the crime of “fraud and forgery of documents,” and a warrant for his arrest was duly issued by the criminal judge of the city of Guadalajara.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. . Pablo Yordi,. being detained in custody by the United States marshal of the Western District of Texas, obtained from the District Court for that' district a writ of habeas Corpus to secure his release. He was charged in the republic of Mexico with the crime of “fraud and forgery of documents,” and a warrant for his arrest was duly issued by the criminal judge of the city of Guadalajara. He avoided arrest in Mexico and fled to El Paso, Texas, where he was detained in prison, under an order of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The contention df appellant’s counsel.is that, although the Mexican consul had possession of the record from Mexico and the depositions of the witnesses therein contained, which embodied the proceedings had before the judge'at Guadalajara, Mexico, including the' testimony of witnesses, which appeared to the judge amply sufficient to justify an order for the apprehension of the accused,' nevertheless there" was still necessary, in order for the commissioner to take jurisdiction to hear the application that either the record from Mexico should be attached to the complaint or that the complaint…
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