State ex rel. Burnett v. Flournoy

Willis Burnett was arrested by the defendant sheriff upon a warrant issued by the Governor upon a requisition by the Governor of Texas. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the respondent judge, on the following grounds:(1) That the warrant upon which he has been arrested is insufficient, in that, instead of reciting that it has issued upon the production of the copy of an indictment or affidavit, as is required by the act of Congress, it merely recites that it has issued “upon the production of the requisite evidence to justify the same, and which is on file in the office of the…