Ex Parte White
California Supreme Court
On the 18th day of January, 1875, a warrant was issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, for the arrest of the petitioner, White.
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On the 18th day of January, 1875, a warrant was issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, for the arrest of the petitioner, White. The warrant was issued on an affidavit of Daniel Coffey, which alleged that, on or about the 1st day of December, 1874, at the city of Boston, Stai^ of Massachusetts, White stole three gold watches, of the value of $300, and that, to escape punishment, he fled from the State of Massachusetts, and had taken refuge in the State of California. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
The petitioner has been brought before us on a writ of habeas corpus, and it appears from the return of the Chief of Police, that he is held under a warrant of arrest issued by a magistrate having authority to issue such writs. It further appears that there was presented to the magistrate, before and at the time of issuing the warrant, an affidavit made in this State, to the effect that the petitioner had committed the crime of grand larceny in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is a fugitive from justice from that State. But it was not shown, by the affidavit…
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