Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spivak v. Heinz

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

In this appeal, arising out of a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner, John L. Spivak, contests the validity of an extradition warrant issued by the governor of Pennsylvania ordering his surrender to the authorities of the state of Kansas to answer a charge of criminal libel alleged to be contained in a book, which the petitioner caused to be printed and published in New York.

Our duty is confined to determining whether this proceeding was had in accordance with the law.

The petitioner alleged in his application for a writ of habeas corpus, inter alia, that his…