Ex parte Clarke
California Supreme Court
Hearing in the Supreme Court upon a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
The petitioner having been duly adjudicated an insolvent debtor, his assignee in insolvency filed a petition charging him with having concealed, smuggled, conveyed away, and disposed of property which should have been turned over to said assignee for the benefit of his creditors, qpon which a citation was issued commanding him to appear before the superior court to be examined touching the matters alleged in the petition.
In obedience to the citation the petitioner came into *354court and was sworn, but declined to answer the questions put to him, upon the ground that his answers might be made the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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