Case Name: The People against S. and J. Wright
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1804-11
Citations: 2 Cai. 213
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People against S. and J. Wright.
Judges: 
Reporter: Caines' Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 212–213

Head Matter:
The People against S. and J. Wright.
A justice of the peace cannot grant a warrant to apprehend a criminal for aa offence committed in another state.
The defendants were in the custody of the sheriff, on very heavy civil process, and while thus detained, a warrant was issued against them, by one of the special justices for the city of New York, grounded on an authenticated copy of an indictment found against them in Massachusetts, for a fraud alleged to have beefi committed there.
Riker, (District-Attorney,) on these facts,
moved to have them taken out of the custody of the sheriff and committed to bridewell.

Opinion:
Per Owriam.
We cannot do it. We have no jurisdiction over offences committed in other states. The constitution points out a mode by which offenders, flying from one state into another, may be claimed. They must be demanded by the executive authority of the state from which they fled. The prisoners must be remanded.
Motion denied.