PETTIT v. WALSHE

No. 563.

194 U.S. 205 (1904)

PETTIT v. WALSHE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Fox for H.B.M., Consul General at New York, appellant.

Mr. Ferdinand Winter, with whom Mr. Addison C. Harris was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a case of extradition. It presents the question whether a Commissioner specially appointed by a court of the United States under and in execution of statutes enacted to give effect to treaty stipulations for the apprehension and delivery of offenders, can issue a warrant for the arrest of an alleged criminal which may be executed by a marshal of the United States...

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