Dawson v. Beasley

Appellant filed petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging (1) he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by appellee-sheriff and also (2) that appellee-sheriff unlawfully held appellant upon an illegal fugitive warrant issued by a Justice of the Peace of Vigo County, Indiana, to which appellee-sheriff filed a return alleging appellant was a fugitive from the State of Massachusetts where appellant was charged with a felony, that appellee arrested and detained appellant upon an extradition warrant executed by the Governor of Indiana, that said extradition warrant was duly approved by the Governor of Indiana upon the request of the Governor of Massachusetts, and