Lofton v. State

ALMON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Mobile County denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant was held by the sheriff under a rendition warrant issued by Hon. Albert P. Brewer, Governor of Alabama, at the request of Hon. Robert B. Docking, Governor of Kansas.

The sheriff’s return had attached as exhibits the Governor of Alabama’s rendition warrant along with allied or supporting documents from the State of Kansas. All of these papers were introduced in evidence at the hearing.

The rendition warrant recites that the appellant “is charged…