People ex rel. Halley v. Willis

The circuit court of Alexander County quashed a writ of habeas corpus which had been issued on the petition of the relator, H. E. Halley, and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff for extradition to Kentucky. He has appealed directly to this court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 302. 43 Ill.2d R. 302.

At the hearing upon the petition and the return of the sheriff, it appeared that the relator was in custody upon a rendition warrant of the Governor of Illinois directing his return to the State of Kentucky. The evidence received consisted of the complaint filed in the Ballard Quarterly…