In re Baker

Citations

• 21 Wash. 259
• 57 P. 827
• 1899 Wash. LEXIS 272

Syllabus

<p>APPELLATE JURISDICTION-HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.</p> <p>An appeal lies to the supreme court from a judgment remanding a prisoner on habeas corpus, under Bal. Code, § 6500, authorizing an appeal “in any action or proceeding,” and Bal. Code, § 5739, declaring that a judgment in a special proceeding is a final determination of the rights of the parties therein.</p> <p>HABEAS CORPUS-ISSUE IN EXTRADITION CASES.</p> <p>Whether a crime is substantially charged by an indictment of a foreign state is the question to be determined in habeas corpus proceedings in an extradition case, and not whether the indictment conforms to the technical rules of pleading under the laws of that state.</p> <p>'EXTRADITION-REQUISITION-NECESSITY OE SEAL.</p> <p>A prisoner will not be discharged in habeas corpus proceedings in an extradition ease, because the seal of the demanding •state was not attached to the governor’s requisition, where it was •otherwise correct in form and substance.</p>