DAVIS v. PELLEY

No. 28,777.

230 Ind. 248 (1952)

102 N.E.2d 910

DAVIS ET AL. v. PELLEY.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed January 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Emmett McManamon, Attorney General; John Ready O'Connor and George W. Hand, Deputy Attorneys General; and Frances R. Neal, Prosecuting Attorney of 24th Judicial Circuit, for appellant.

George A. Henry, of Indianapolis, N. George Nasser, of Terre Haute, Lawrence C. Cloe, of Noblesville; and Connor D. Ross (of counsel), of Indianapolis, for appellee.


BOBBITT, J.

On February 17, 1950, appellee filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Hamilton Circuit Court. The petition alleged that appellee was unjustly detained and illegally held in custody by Carey M. Davis, sheriff of Hamilton County, Indiana, under an alleged warrant of arrest issued by the Governor of the State of Indiana as a result of a demand by the State of North Carolina for the extradition of appellee as an alleged fugitive from justice...

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