R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Bidwell
Extradition – Fugitive offender – Warrant – Indorsement – By magistrate alone – Validity –
Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (c 69), s 3.
A person, for whose arrest warrants had been issued in Canada, was arrested in England and
taken before a magistrate at Bow Street Police Court to be dealt with under the Fugitive
Offenders Act 1881.


