OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, November 12, 1963:
This is an appeal from the denial of relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the validity of the extradition proceedings instituted against him under section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. We hold that the court below erred in refusing to grant the writ.
Section 6 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act empowers the governor of Pennsylvania to surrender upon the demand of the executive...
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