Thoman v. Harris

Lavina M. Bahl made information under oath in Wisconsin, charging appellant with the crime of kidnaping, for that on November 21, 1944, appellant, Lester Thoman, kidnaped her natural son, Richard Edward Bahl, aged six years, from her lawful custody and control in said state and forcibly took said child into Iowa. Thereafter the Governor of Wisconsin demanded the extradition of appellant. The Governor of Iowa granted the requisition and issued his executive warrant, under which appellant was arrested by the sheriff of Dubuque County, Iowa, and held for delivery to the agent for the state of…