174 P. 112 | Cal. Ct. App. | 1918
Petitioner, who is in custody under a warrant issued by the chief executive of this state on a requisition made by the Governor of Illinois, seeks his discharge therefrom upon the grounds: First, that he is not a fugitive from justice; and, second, alleged insufficiency of the information which charges him with the crime of abandoning his wife and minor child, who were in destitute circumstances, without providing them with means of support.
In our opinion, there is no merit in either point. The first contention is supported by affidavits which, in effect, tend to show that, prior to his leaving the state of Illinois, petitioner had made provision for the support of his wife and child, from which facts, if true, petitioner argues that he is innocent of the offense charged against him, and, therefore, could not be a fugitive from the justice of the demanding state. The expression "fugitive from justice," as used in the Revised Statutes, section 5278, [3 Fed. Stats. Ann., 2d ed. p. 285; U.S. Comp. Stats. 1916, sec. 10,126], regulating the extradition of fugitives from justice, has reference to a person, who, having within the state committed that which by its law constitutes a crime, when he is sought to be subjected to its criminal process to answer for his offense, has left its jurisdiction and is found in the territory of another state. (Roberts v. Reilly,
As to the second point, petitioner does not attack the information upon the ground that it fails to allege the commission of an offense, but seeks by his affidavits to show that on the date when the offense is alleged to have been committed, as well as thereafter, he made provision for the support of his wife and child, with whose knowledge and consent he left Illinois. As above stated, the courts of this state are not empowered to inquire into the truth or falsity of the alleged facts constituting the offense. As shown by the record before us, petitioner is properly charged with the commission of a crime under the laws of the state of Illinois while within its jurisdiction, after which he departed from said state, and having been found in this state, it was the duty of the Governor thereof, upon the documents presented, to honor the requisition made by the Governor of Illinois and issue the warrant under which he is held in the custody of Martin McCormick, an agent of the demanding state, for return thereto to answer the charge.
It is, therefore, ordered that petitioner be remanded to custody.
Conrey, P. J., and James, J., concurred.