Von Walden v. Geddes

To the petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus the respondent returned that he was holding the petitioner in custody by virtue of a warrant issued by the Acting-Governor of this State commanding his arrest as a fugitive from justice and his delivery to an agent of the State of Michigan, to be returned to that State in pursuance of requisition proceedings brought by it. The petitioner replied that he was a prisoner of the State of California, and within the custody of its State board of prison directors, that he was residing in Connecticut by reason of having been placed upon parole while serving a…