People Ex Rel. Douglas v. Woods

The relator, Gordon Douglas, seeks reversal of an order of the circuit court of Cook County, which, in an extradition proceeding, quashed a writ of habeas corpus and remanded him to the custody of the Cook County sheriff for delivery to an agent of the State of Alabama.

On November 23, 1966, a warrant was issued by the Governor of the State of Illinois reciting that the relator was charged, by affidavit and complaint, with the crime of forgery in Montgomery County, Alabama, and that he was a fugitive from justice from that State. The warrant further alleged that the crime had been committed in…