People ex rel. Pressler v. Warden

The relator seeks discharge on a writ of habeas corpus. He is detained under a warrant issued by a city magistrate charging him with the crime of burglary. The contention is that the information is insufficient. This states, in substance, that shortly after a burglary had been committed certain tools were found in the burglarized premises, and that those identical tools were in the possession of the accused two days before the burglary, having been sold to him at that time.

It cannot be questioned that proof of the facts stated in the information would be admissible against the accused. People…