State v. Superior Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

Original application was made in this court for a writ of prohibition directed to the superior court of King county, and to the Honorable W. E. Bell, one of the judges thereof. The affidavit in support of the application recites substantially that, on the 23d day of May, 1903, the relator was arrested by one Thomas L. Eyan, acting as agent for the state of California, said arrest having been made under the authority of an execu*144tive warrant issued by the governor of this .state, upon the demand of the governor of the state of California, for…