Broyles v. Mount

Wyatt, Justice.

1. The plaintiff in error contends that he should have been released because he was not and is not a fugitive from justice. The warrant and requisition papers, introduced in evidence, made out a prima facie case. “When in the trial of a habeas-corpus case, it appears that the respondent holds the petitioner in custody under an executive warrant based upon an extradition proceeding, and the warrant is regular on its face, the burden is east upon the petitioner to show some valid and sufficient reason why the warrant should not be executed. The presumption 'is that the Governor…