Grin v. Shine, 187 U.S. 181 (1902) (No. 303)

Case name: Grin v. Shine Opinion filed: 1902-12-01 Docket No.: 303 Citations: • 187 U.S. 181 • 23 S. Ct. 98 • 47 L. Ed. 130 • 1902 U.S. LEXIS 807 Case holding summaries: • stating that extradition treaties should be "interpreted with a view to fulfil our just obligations to other powers." • stating that the court should not be "expected . . . [to] become conversant with the criminal laws of Russia, or with the forms of warrants of arrest used for the apprehension of criminals" • refusing to consider a challenge to the validity of a foreign arrest warrant • "The treaty is undoubtedly obligatory upon both powers, and, if Congress should prescribe additional formalities than those required by the treaty, it might become the subject of complaint by the Russian government and of further negotiations." • "[W]e are not bound to import words into the statute which are not found there...." • recognizing, with respect to a virtually identical predecessor to § 3184, that “a complaint must be made under oath charging the crime” for which extradition is sought • "Congress has a perfect right to provide for the extradition of criminals in its own way, with or without a treaty to that effect, and to declare that foreign criminals shall be surrendered upon such proofs of criminality as it may Judge sufficient." (citation omitted)