Ex parte Curtis
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of giving bail. The facts are stated in the opinion of the chief justice.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
On the twelfth day of October, 1891, the petitioner was, by the police court of the city and county of San Francisco, held to answer, without bail, upon a charge of murder alleged to have been committed in said city and county on the eleventh day of September, 1891.
ITis petition for the writ of habeas corpus is based *189upon sections 1490 and 1491 of the Penal Code, which provide that when a person is imprisoned or detained in custody on any criminal charge for want of bail, such person is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of giving bail, etc.; and the sole question for…
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