Bowers v. Wilson

*733The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was a habeas corpus proceeding in which the district court ordered the discharge of two women whose paroles had been revoked by the police judge of the city of Wichita. From the order discharging the prisoners respondents have appealed.

Respondents are the chief of police and the police judge of the city of Wichita. Petitioners were on the 6th day of May, 1935, arrested by a police'officer in the city of Wichita, on the grounds of having narcotics in their possession, for vagrancy and as dope fiends. They pleaded guilty to the charge of…