In re Hope
New York Executive Chamber
Application to Governor David B. Hill by James Hope, petitioner, to revoke a warrant issued preliminary to the extradition of prisoner. The facts appear in the opinion of the Governor.
1Opinion of the Court
David B. Hill, Governor.
The Governor of Delaware has issued a requisition upon me for the return to that State of the prisoner, James Hope. The papers accompanying the requisition consist of a copy of an indictment against Hope for burglary, and a record of conviction thereunder in Delaware, showing his sentence for ten years, and proof by affidavit that he escaped from jail with over nine years of *407such sentence unserved. His return to that State is demanded for the purpose of compelling him to serve out the remainder of his unexpired sentence.
The requisition was honored by me proforma and…
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