"Extradite" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and arrested, demand to see the German Consul immediately," he said. "If you are in a bad predicament, we'll request your extradition on a criminal charge—burglary with arms, attempted murder—some non-political crime. We've got a treaty with Czechoslovakia to extradite Germans accused of criminal acts but—" The Gestapo chief opened the top drawer of his desk and took a small capsule from a box. "If you find yourself in an utterly hopeless situation, ...
— Secret Armies - The New Technique of Nazi Warfare • John L. Spivak
... states has to be acted upon by the governors of the states, it is unusual (though not impossible[30]) to secure extradition for a misdemeanor. The reluctance of the authorities is understandable, however, when it is realized that to extradite for wife desertion would be to create a precedent for extradition for any sort of misdemeanor. There is in most states a law which makes the abandonment of a minor child or children a felony, punishable ...
— Broken Homes - A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment • Joanna C. Colcord
... tithingman^. press gang; exciseman^, gauger, gager^, customhouse officer, douanier [Fr.]. coroner, edile^, aedile^, portreeve^, paritor^; posse comitatus [Lat.]. bureau, cutcherry^, department, secretariat. [extension of jurisdiction] long arm of the law, extradition. V. judge, sit in judgment; extradite. Adj. executive, administrative, municipal; inquisitorial, causidical^; judicatory^, judiciary, judicial; juridical. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... Why, cert! Did you drop it somewheres? Perhaps if you look round when the light's good you'll find it. Slimey, here, will help you. I'm pretty nigh certain you'll extradite that weapon in ...
— The Prospector - A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass • Ralph Connor
... To put the detectives on his track would merely mean bringing disaster on our own heads. Staples is quite safe, and he knows it. Thanks to an idiotic international arrangement he is as free from danger of arrest in Canada as you are here. It is impossible to extradite him ...
— The Face And The Mask • Robert Barr |
