New Hampshire Revised Statutes 612:19 – Persons Under Criminal Prosecution in This State at Time of Requisition
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 612:19
- Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, when a demand for extradition is received, the governor, in his discretion, may surrender the person on demand of the executive authority of another state or hold him until he has been tried and discharged or convicted and punished in this state.