In Re Taylor

Petitioner is detained by the sheriff of Los Angeles County under commitment made pursuant to an order binding her to answer to a charge of receiving stolen goods. Petitioner contends that she is imprisoned without probable cause. Section 496 of the Penal Code fastens the crime of receiving stolen goods upon “Every person who for his own gain, or to prevent the owner from again possessing Ms property, buys or receives any personal property, knowing the same to have been stolen.” The point made by petitioner is that she was committed without evidence showing that an article received by -her, a…