Bishop v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant was arrested under a rendition warrant issued pursuant to a request of the Governor of Tennessee, looking toward the return of the appellant to Tennessee to answer a charge of obtaining property with fraudulent intent by means of a check, which check was not paid on account of insufficient funds.

Appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release from custody, which after a hearing was denied by the court below. Hence this appeal.

In the proceedings below the record shows that a prima facie case for retention and rendition of the…