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STATE v. BENNETT

90 So.2d 43 (1956)

STATE of Florida and Rex Sweat, as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, Appellants, v. Julian C. BENNETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., William A. Hallowes, III, State Atty., and Nathan Schevitz, Asst. State Atty., Jacksonville, for appellants.

Lloyd Bass, Jacksonville, for appellee.

HOBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the circuit court granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus and directing the respondent sheriff of Duval County to release the petitioner (appellee here) from custody.

In the petition for writ of habeas corpus it was alleged that petitioner was restrained by virtue of an extradition warrant issued by the Governor of Florida pursuant to a request from the Governor of Georgia seeking the return...

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