People ex rel. Hauptmann v. Hanley

The relator, while a prisoner in this State charged with the crime of extortion in connection with the kidnapping of an infant, was indicted in the State of New Jersey upon the charge of murder in the first degree and his custody demanded by the Governor of that State, pursuant to the Constitution of the United States, which provides: “ 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…