DREW v. THAW

No. 514.

235 U.S. 432 (1914)

DREW, SHERIFF OF COOS COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, v. THAW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 21, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Traders Jerome and Mr. Franklin Kennedy, with whom Mr. James A. Parsons was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. P.C. Knox and Mr. William A. Stone, with whom Mr. Merrill Shurtleff and Mr. George F. Morris were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a final order discharging the appellee on habeas corpus. Thaw was held upon a warrant from the Governor of New Hampshire for his extradition to New York in pursuance of a demand of the Governor of the latter State. He was alleged to be a fugitive from justice and a copy of an indictment found by a New York grand jury accompanied the demand...

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