Antedating of "Extradition"

[Baker, John]

        <<For an explanation of the present position of the law in reference to extradition under a treaty with a foreign state, it is only necessary to turn to the admirable opinion of Judge Betts, in the late Case of Metzger [Case No. 9,511]. . . . Whether the judiciary has authority in habeas corpus, after the fugitive is under arrest, to prevent his extradition, if the president decides to make it, was not decided.>>

United States v. Robins, 27 F.Cas. 825, 870 (D.S.C. 1799).  The Metzger case referred to does not appear to be available on Westlaw.

John Baker


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extradition (OED 1839)

1810 Bijnkershoek, Cornelis von. A treatise on the law of war. 174 (Making
of Modern Law)  The important question respecting the delivering up, or as
it has is called, the _extradition_ of deserters from one country to
another, has been the subject of much controversy in _America_ as well as
in _Europe_.

Fred Shapiro