In Re Romero

Petitioner seeks his release from imprisonment by means of a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and illegally restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of the county of Contra Costa. The return of the sheriff shows that he holds and retains in his custody the body of the petitioner under and by virtue of an order of commitment of the justice’s court of the fifteenth judicial township of said county of Contra Costa issued in the case of the People of the State of California v. Manuel Romero, and that .said order of commitment was issued upon a judgment of said…