Blanton v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County denying appellant’s discharge in a habeas corpus proceeding.

The return filed by the Sheriff in the proceedings below asserted that he was holding the petitioner by virtue of a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of Alabama, directing the sheriff to arrest the petitioner and deliver him to a named agent of the State of California.

At the hearing below a copy of the rendition warrant was introduced into evidence by the respondent Sheriff, the portions thereof pertinent to this appeal being as follows:…