Ex Parte John
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for discharge on writ of habeas corpus to the .Sheriff of San Mateo County. The facts Wm. Hoff Cook, Charles Steward, and Jas. A. Coogin, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Petitioner was held in custody by the sheriff of the county of San Mateo, under a judgment rendered upon his conviction of having violated the provisions of an ordinance, number 176, relating to the disinterment and removal of remains of deceased persons, interred within the limits of San Mateo county, and adopted by the board of supervisors of said county in the month of July, 1901.
In this proceeding the petitioner attacks the validity of the ordinance itself, and makes no point as to the sufficiency of the complaint as stating an offense under the ordinance, if the ordinance be valid.
It is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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