State Ex Rel. Guy v. Foster

* On right to prove absence from demanding state or alibi onhabeas corpus in extradition proceedings, see annotation in 51 A.L.R., 797; 12 R.C.L., 1248; R.C.L. Perm. Supp., p. 3290. This is a habeas corpus proceeding by which the relator, B.F. Guy, resists being extradited to Michigan to answer a charge of receiving stolen property on December 1, 1928, his contention being that he was in Nashville on that date, and hence could not have committed the crime. No question as to constructive presence and actual absence is presented in this case. The trial court, after hearing the evidence,…