People v. Ganger

Appellant was convicted in Siskiyou County of escaping from the county jail on July 4, 1946, while confined therein under a commitment dated May 24, 1946, issued by a magistrate holding him to answer upon a charge of burglary. This appeal was taken from the judgment which followed conviction by a jury. No motion for a new trial was made.

The evidence shows that after defendant’s escape he went *12to Oregon, thence to Washington where he was retaken and returned to Siskiyou County.

Appellant urges, as ground for reversal of the judgment, that: (1) he was illegally confined in the Siskiyou County…