by John Marshall Harlan, Appleyard v. Massachusetts — Opinion of the Court
“ And while a state should take care, within the limits of the law, that the rights of its people are protected against illegal action, the judicial authorities of the Union should equally take care that the provisions of the Constitution be not so narrowly interpreted as to enable offenders against the laws of a state to find a permanent asylum in the territory of another state. ”
by John Marshall Harlan, Appleyard v. Massachusetts — Opinion of the Court
“ So that the simple inquiry must be whether the person whose surrender is demanded is in fact a fugitive from justice, not whether he consciously fled from justice in order to avoid prosecution for the crime with which he is charged by the demanding state. ”
by John Marshall Harlan, Appleyard v. Massachusetts — Opinion of the Court
“ The constitutional provision relating to fugitives from justice, as the history of its adoption will show, is in the nature of a treaty stipulation entered into for the purpose of securing a prompt and efficient administration of the criminal laws of the several states,-an object of the first concern to the people of the entire country, and which each state is bound, in fidelity to the Constitution, to recognize. ”
