The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Fuller v. Chaufty, 213 N.Y.S.2d 841, 27 Misc.2d 1047 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 1961):
'When extradition is sought on the basis of an indictment, the forms of pleading established in the demanding state will be accepted as sufficient by the courts of the state in which the fugitive is seized. * * * When extradition is sought on the basis of an affidavit, there is need for closer scrutiny'. People ex rel. DeMartini v. McLaughlin, 243 N.Y. 417, 153 N.E. 853, 854.
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