Willard v. Superior Court

The question involved in this application for a writ of mandate is, whether a person held for trial on a charge of felony has the right to have the process of the court to compel the attendance in his behalf of witnesses who are confined as prisoners in the state prison. Title 13 of the Penal Code, which is entitled, “ Proceedings for bringing prisoners imprisoned in the state prison, or the jail of another county, *457before a court,” provides that “ when it is necessary to have a person imprisoned in the state prison brought before any court, .... an order for that purpose may be made by the…