MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
For the purpose of giving effect to the second section of article four of the Constitution of the United States, declaring that "a person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice and be found in another State, shall on the demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up...
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