Matter of Application of Howell
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus originally made to the District Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District to discharge the respondent from the custody, of the sheriff of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJames, J.
Application upon habeas corpus for an order requiring that petitioner be discharged from the custody of the sheriff of the county of Los Angeles. The return admits the facts stated in the petition. It appears that, after trial upon a charge amounting to a misdemeanor, had in the justice’s court of San Jose township in the county of Los Angeles, petitioner was sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail until that fine be satisfied, and judgment of further imprisonment for a period of six months was imposed. The validity of that judgment is not here in…
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