People Ex Rel. Heard v. Babb

Lester Pleard, Jr., was apprehended as a fugitive from justice by authority of a Governor’s warrant issued upon the request of the Governor of Tennessee. The sheriff produced him before the criminal court of Cook County, and Heard then filed a petition in that court for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged, among other things, that he was not a fugitive from justice, and that the agent of the demanding State had not appeared to receive him within thirty days from the date of his arrest. The sheriff subsequently filed his return to the petition, and, after a hearing, an order was entered…