Ex Parte Ewell

Application for a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was adjudged guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of twenty-four hours, by the superior court of the state of California in and for the city and county of San Francisco, department 16 thereof, Honorable Louis H. Ward presiding. The return of the sheriff to said writ sets forth a copy of the commitment embodying the judgment of contempt. Incorporated in such judgment are the facts upon which the adjudication of contempt is based. The return, we think, is legally sufficient in form and…