612:19 Persons Under Criminal Prosecution in This State at Time of Requisition. –
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.
Source. 1937, 70:1. RL 437:19.