State v. Massey

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on May 6, .1960 by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, granting a writ of habeas corpus discharging petitioner, Ed Massey.

The petitioner, Ed Massey, was arrested on April 23, 1960 pursuant to a warrant issued by the Governor of Alabama on April 14, 1960. Said warrant was issued at the request of the Governor of the State of New Jersey and charged the petitioner under an indictment with the offense of obtaining money under false pretense.

On April 23, 1960, the petitioner presented a petition for a writ of habeas…