Rendition files, 1795-1869
Renditions are created under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. In Massachusetts, where this act is in force as MGLA c 276, ss 11-20R, the law authorizes the governor, upon application by the attorney general or district attorney, to issue a rendition on another state, demanding return of a fugitive to Massachusetts. He is also authorized, upon written demand by another state, to surrender a person who allegedly committed a crime in that state. By law, one copy of each rendition with its attachments is filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, currently and more specifically in the Public Records Division
Archival Material, English, 1795