Ex parte Widber

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner alleges that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco.

Section 144 of the Code of Civil Procedure is as follows : —

“ Sec. 144. If suitable rooms for holding the superior *368courts and the chambers of the judges of said courts be not provided in any city and county, or county, by the supervisors thereof, together with the attendants, furniture, fuel, lights, and stationery sufficient for the transaction of business, the courts, or the judge or judges thereof, may direct the…