State ex rel. Taylor v. Blair, 41049.

Citation214 S.W.2d 555
Decision Date08 November 1948
Docket NumberNo. 41049.,41049.
PartiesSTATE OF MISSOURI, at the Relation of J.E. TAYLOR, Attorney General, Relator, v. SAM C. BLAIR, Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of Missouri
214 S.W.2d 555
STATE OF MISSOURI, at the Relation of J.E. TAYLOR, Attorney General, Relator,
v.
SAM C. BLAIR, Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
No. 41049.
Supreme Court of Missouri.
Court en Banc, November 8, 1948.

Certiorari.

WRIT QUASHED.

J.E. Taylor, Attorney General, and Gordon P. Weir, Assistant Attorney General, for relator.

(1) The court erred in holding that an unverified information was not sufficient upon which to base a request for extradition. Moore on Extradition, sec. 551, p. 875; Ex parte Nash, 44 F. (2d) 403; Ex parte Ryan, 129 Pac. (2d) 204; Sec. 303, Title 22, Chap. 4, p. 112, (Okla. Ann. Stat.): Ex parte Talley, 4 Okla. Cr. 398, 112 Pac. 36, 31 L.R.A. (N.S.) 805; Ritchie v. State, 7 Okla. Cr. 188, 122 Pac. 944; Henson v. State, 5 Okla. Cr. 201, 114 Pac. 630; Heacock v. State, 4 Okla. Cr. 606, 112 Pac. 949; Constitution of Okla., Sec. 17, Art. 2, p. 446, Okla. Ann. Stat.; Ex parte Miller, 169 Pac. (2d) 574; Sec. 662. U.S.C.A., Title 18; Ex parte Hart, 63 F. 249; Raftery ex rel. Huie Fong v. Bligh, 55 F. (2d) 189; In re Hopper, 58 N.W. 741; Morrison v. Dwyer, 121 N.W. 1064; Spear on Extradition (3rd Ed.), p. 363; People ex rel Lyman v. Smith, 186 N.E. 159; Ex parte Davis, 158 Pac. (2d) 36; In the Matter of Strauss, 197 U.S. 324, 25 S. Ct. 535; Cook v. Rodgers, 20 N.E. (2d) 933; Hughes v. Pflanz, 138 Fed. 980; Ex parte Nash, 44 Fed. (2d) 403; Pierce v. Creecy, 210 U.S. 387, 28 S. Ct. 714; Brewer v. Goff, 138 Fed. (2d) 710; In re McNaught, 1 Okla. Cir. 428, 99 Pac. 241. (2) The court erred in granting the writ of habeas corpus and discharging petitioner. Webb v. York, 79 F. 616; Ex parte Ryan, 129 Pac. (2d) l.c. 207; Ex parte Nash, 44 F. (2d) 403; Ex parte Talley, 112 Pac. 36; Ex parte Paulson, 124 Pac. (2d) 297. (3) The court erred in granting the writ and discharging the petitioner for the reason that the request was based upon an unverified information since the unverified information did charge a crime under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Henson v. State, 114 Pac 630; Ex parte Nash, 44 Fed. (2d) 403; Pierce v. Creecy, 210 U.S. 387, 28 S. Ct. 714. (4) The court erred in finding that an unverified information was not equivalent to an indictment in the states where that form has been approved. Constitution of Okla. Sec. 17, Art. 2, p. 446, Okla. Anno. Stat.; Ex parte Nash, 44 Fed. (2d) 403.

No attorney for respondent.

HYDE, J.


Certiorari to review record in habeas corpus case of Ex parte William Kirk in the Circuit Court of Cole County, in which

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petitioner was discharged from the custody of Cecil Crosby, agent and messenger from the State of Oklahoma in an extradition proceeding.

The question to be determined in this case is whether an unverified information is sufficient basis for extradition.

Kirk was convicted of robbery in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in 1931, and sentenced to 35 years imprisonment. In 1945 he escaped from the Oklahoma...

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