Bonaventura

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and ordering that appellant be removed to the 'Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio to stand trial on an indictment alleging .violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act (26 USC'A §§ 211, 691-707).

Appellant, Dr. Filiberto A. Bonaventura, is a duly licensed physician and surgeon who has been practicing for some time in Santa Rosa, Cal. Prior to his coming to California he resided and practiced medicine in Steubenville, Ohio. In February, 1931, appellant was arrested by the United States Marshal for this district upon telegraphic request from the United States authorities in Columbus, Ohio. At the hearing before the Commissioner the government introduced in evidence a certified copy of the indictment found against one Dr. Filiberto A. Bonaventura by a United States grand jury in Ohio; also the oral testimony of the arresting officer tending to identify the appellant as this person named in the indictment. Appellant offered no evidence at all in rebuttal.

Appellant was held…