People v. Superior Court

This proceeding in certiorari was commenced in behalf of the People of the State of California for the purpose of having annulled an order made by the respondent Superior Court in determining the merits of an appeal taken to said Court by the respondent corporation, Cowell Portland Cement Company, from a judgment of conviction obtained by the People in the Justice’s Court of the first township of Contra Costa County.

There is no controversy as to the facts and, briefly stated, they are as follows: In January, 1926, the Industrial Accident Commission caused a criminal action to be instituted in…