Neely v. Henkel

By section 5270 of the Revised Statutes of the United States it is provided:

“ Whenever there is a treaty or contention for extradition between the Government of the United States and anj foreign government, any justice of the Supreme Court, circuit judge, district judge, commissioner, authorized so to do by any of the courts of- the United States, or judge of a court of record of general jurisdiction of any State, may, upon complaint made under oath, charging any person found within the limits of any State, District or Territory, with having committed within the jurisdiction of any such…