Powelson v. Lockwood
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Vancliee, C.
Alternative writ of prohibition issued by the superior court of the county of Los Angeles, on the petition of appellant, to the respondent, a justice of the peace of Los Angeles City, to prohibit said justice from trying the petitioner on a charge of vagrancy, under section 647 of the Penal Code, without a jury. The appeal is from the judgment discharging the writ.
It appears that the respondent denied the petitioner’s demand for a new trial, properly made, if he was entitled to a jury trial, and that the justice proposed and was about to try him upon said charge without a jury.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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