Legal Opinion
In Re Cavitt
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 8, 1941No. Crim. 3508PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
This is a proceeding in habeas corpus to secure the release of W. D. Cavitt from the custody of the Chief of Police of the city of Los Angeles. Petitioner was a supervisor at the Whittier State School, which is a reformatory maintained for the incarceration and training of boys committed thereto by the juvenile and superior courts of California.
On October 25, 1940, by complaint filed in the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles, petitioner was charged with six counts of violation of section 681 of the Penal Code and six counts of violation of section 242 of the same code. The complaint…
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