UNITED STATES v. HECHT

No. 259.

16 F.2d 955 (1927)

UNITED STATES ex rel. OPPENHEIM v. HECHT, U. S. Marshal.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 10, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Russell, of New York City (M. Wallace Dixon, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward H. Lockwood, of New York City, for respondent and demanding government.

Before HOUGH, MANTON, and MACK, Circuit Judges.


HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

We have not before us the papers upon which the warrant in extradition was issued, much less any evidence tending to sustain or rebut the case against Oppenheim; for this appeal is based on a single legal point, viz. that, no matter how technically perfect the demanding documents may be, nor how complete the proof of relator's guilt, he is immune from extradition, because, when he became a fugitive from Scottish...

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