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Alabama. Governor (1874-1878 : Houston). Extraditions and requisitions file, 1875-1878.

Title: Extraditions and requisitions file, 1875-1878.

The governor of Ala. may extradite criminals from other states or be asked to return criminals found in Ala. to other states. The process may also be referred to as requisition. This series consists of letters to Governor Houston concerning requests for and receipts of extraditions and requisitions. The letters also describe the crimes committed by the fugitives. One set of letters describes how three Miss. convicts, Charles Ball, Essex Brown, and Jeff Williams, convicted of grand larceny, escaped from the penitentiary. They fled to Pickens Co., Ala., where they were arrested by the sheriff while they were "attempting to steal clothes to exchange for their convict suits." The sheriff of Columbus, Miss. requests the extradition of these fugitives to Miss. Another letter describes the request for a requisition in order to extradite a convict named Dolly Hodges, who was charged with bigamy in the State of Tenn. Some of the letters have been signed by Houston's private secretary, Isaac H. Vincent. There are two oversized documents in this series. One is an extradition from the State of Ga. to the State of Ala. and the other is from the State of Ala. to the State of Ga.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder and 1 oversized folder.

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