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State of Florida Ex Rel. v. Chase, (1928)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida Number:  Visitors: 3
Judges: GRAY, Circuit Judge:
Attorneys: Bart A. Riley, for Plaintiff in Error; J. B. Johnson, Attorney General, for Defendants in Error.
Filed: Jan. 10, 1928
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The relator was apprehended in Dade County, Florida, by the sheriff. On November 3rd, petition for writ of habeas corpus was presented to the Honorable Jefferson B. Browne, Judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, on account of the absence of the Honorable H. F. Atkinson of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and the illness of the Honorable A. J. Rose, the other judge of the said circuit. Writ of habeas corpus was duly issued on November 3rd, 1925, and on the 4th day of November, 1925, the sheriff o
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For the purpose of this proceeding, the certificate of the Governor of Kentucky that the copy of the indictment accompanying the executive demand is "authentic" is sufficient to disclose prima facie that the indictment was "found," so as to cast upon the fugitive the burden of showing the contrary.

ELLIS, C. J., AND WHITFIELD, TERRELL AND BROWN, J. J., concur. *Page 42

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