In Re Jingles

Petitioner, who is in the custody of the sheriff of Contra Costa County, seeks his release on habeas corpus.

Petitioner was charged in the Police Court of the City of Richmond with a misdemeanor to wit: a violation of section 5 of the Dangerous Weapons’ Control Law of 1923 (Stats. 1923, p. 695; Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1944, Act 1970), in that on or about August 15, 1945, in the city of Richmond, he had in his possession a revolver, a deadly weapon, capable of being concealed on his person. Upon his plea of guilty, entered on August 16, 1945, the imposition of sentence was suspended and he was…