In Re Vandiveer
California Court of Appeal
HEARING upon habeas corpus to review a commitment by a magistrate to the sheriff of Merced County to answer before the Superior Court of Merced County. J. J. Griffin, Justice of the Peace, Committing Magistrate. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
Petitioner was charged with the crime of seduction under promise to marry, alleged to have occurred January 1, 1906. At the preliminary examination he was committed, and sues out the writ on the ground that the justice of the peace acted without reasonable or probable or any cause in committing him to the custody of the sheriff. No question arises on the regularity of the proceedings. We deem it best not to comment upon the evidence to any considerable extent, as the cause may be tried on substantially the same testimony as is now before us.
The prosecuting witness testified that petitioner…
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