Bradford v. Glenn
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandate requiring respondent to proceed to trial of petitioner. Malcolm C. Glenn, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAt the close of the argument Shaw, C. J.
The defendant, Cecil Murray, was in a state prison and was taken out to work, under guard and under authority of the law, on a highway in Trinity County, and there he escaped. He was charged with that escape under the section which makes it an offense. The information was filed in the superior court of Sacramento County, and that court refused to proceed with the case. Section 787 of the Penal Code provides that a charge of escaping from a prison may be tried in any county in the state.
Section 106 of the Penal Code provides that “Every prisoner committed to a state prison for a term less than…
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