Legal Opinion

In Re Sultan

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1894PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Petition for writ of habeas corpus, heard before Hoke, J., at Newbern, N. C., on the 9th day of June, 1894. The prisoner was discharged, and the relator thereafter obtained a writ of certiorari to have the action of his Honor reviewed in this Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Burwell, J.:

The record shows that the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania made a requisition on the Governor of this State for the arrest of the petitioner William Sultan, who had been indicted in the former State for obtaining goods under false pretences from -the firm of Morris New-berger & Son, of the city of Philadephia. His Excellency, the Governor, upon an examination of the requisition and the accompanying papers, issued his warrant in due form for the arrest of the alleged fugitive and his delivery to the agent of the State of Pennsylvania.

Thereupon a writ of habeas corpus was sued…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. People v. AdamsNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  3. Kingsbury's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  4. State v. HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Barranger v. BaumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. People Ex Rel. Carr v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  3. State v. . HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  4. State ex rel. Rinne v. GerberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  5. Lacy v. Webb.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902

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