Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ghezzi v. Jeffries

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

On requisition of the Governor of Ohio an executive warrant issued from the Governor of Pennsylvania requiring the appellant to answer an indictment returned against him in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on charges of abandonment of his wife, Helen Ghezzi, in Cleveland, Ohio, when she was pregnant, and of failure to support her and their minor child, born and residing with her and her mother in Cleveland. . .

Ghezzi contested the extradition warrant by initiating this action of habeas corpus. A hearing was held before the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County at which Helen…