Downing v. Municipal Court

This is an appeal from a judgment ordering that the issuance of a writ of prohibition be denied on the ‘ ‘ ground that the petitioner has a plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law by taking an appeal from any adverse judgment” that may be rendered.

The petition for the writ of prohibition sets forth that 10 separate statutory complaints were filed in the Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco charging the commission of misdemeanors—violations of section 640a of the Penal Code—in that defendant knowing and having cause to believe that a certain act was…