Adams v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

This proceeding was begun by a writ of habeas corpus. The same proceeding was conducted for two parties, separately, but they have been consolidated and the same status exists as to them both, so what is here said applies to both.

The return to the writ of habeas corpus shows that the petitioner was held under a warrant issued by the Governor of this State upon a requisition of the Governor of the State of Illinois. The Governor’s warrant is conceded by petitioner’s counsel to contain the jurisdictional facts necessary to the issuance thereof. Russell v. State, 251 Ala. 268, 37…