People Ex Rel. Poncher v. O'Brien

In this case Richard F. Poncher, appellant, appeals from an order entered in a habeas corpus action in which he resisted extradition to the State of Michigan. By his original petition he challenged the sufficiency of the extradition proceedings on general grounds, but, by a traverse filed to appellee’s answer, pleaded that no agent of the demanding State appeared to receive him within six months from the date of his arrest and that under the laws of the United States (U. S. C. A. title 18, sec. 662; U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5278;) and the Illinois Fugitives from Justice act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…