People Ex Rel. LaRue v. Meyering

On December 8, 1933, the relator sued out a writ of habeas corpus from the criminal court of Cook county, to which a return was made by the respondent showing that the relator was in custody by virtue of a Governor’s fugitive warrant, which had been issued upon requisition from the Governor of Florida. The relator traversed the return and at the conclusion of the hearing was remanded to the custody of the sheriff, to be delivered to the agent for the State of Florida. The cause is before us upon statutory writ of error.

The Governor’s warrant shown by the record is in the usual form, reciting…