Legal Opinion

Dawson v. BEASLEY, SHERIFF

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 26, 1962No. 30,064PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLandis, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant filed petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging (1) he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by appellee-sheriff and also (2) that appelleesheriff unlawfully held appellant upon an illegal fugitive warrant issued by a Justice of the Peace of Vigo County, Indiana, to which appellee-sheriff filed a return alleging appellant was a fugitive from the State of Massachusetts where appellant was charged with a felony, that appellee arrested and detained appellant upon an extradition warrant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Hackler v. LohmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. Rice v. MagenheimerIndiana Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Jordan v. DeeryIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Bigler v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. State v. CadiganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  4. Yang v. StaffordIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Poulin v. BonenfantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969

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