Bolton v. Timmerman
Decision Date | 29 October 1958 |
Docket Number | No. 17468,17468 |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Parties | Ex parte Bobby Gene BOLTON, Appellant, v. George Bell TIMMERMAN, Jr., Governor of S. C., et al., Respondents. |
Ryan L. Scott, Columbia, for appellant.
T. C. Callison, Atty. Gen., James S. Verner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.
On April 26, 1958, appellant was arrested in Richland County, South Carolina, on a fugitive warrant based upon information received from the sheriff of Howell County, Missouri, charging that appellant had committed a felony in that State. On the same day, he filed bond for his appearance before the Governor of South Carolina if and when extradition papers should be received from the Governor of Missouri; and he was thereupon released from custody. Twenty-three days thereafter, towit: on May 19, extradition papers not having been received by the Governor, appellant petitioned the Judge of the Richland County Court 'that he be released absolutely and liberated, and that the extradition efforts of the State of Missouri be declared abandoned.' By their return to this petition, the Governor of South Carolina and the Sheriff of Richland County alleged that the extradition papers had been received by the Governor on May 23, the delay in their issuance having been due to the absence of the Governor of Missouri from his State on official business. The matter was heard by the Judge of the Richland County Court on May 26, 1958, at which time the extradition papers before mentioned were exhibited; and on the same day he issued his order denying the petition. From that order comes the present appeal.
Here, as in the lower court, appellant bases his claim for relief upon Section 17-201 of the 1952 Code, which reads as follows:
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