In Re Alpine

This is a petition „ for hearing in this court after decision of the district court of appeal, second appellate district, division one (Cal. App.), 259 Pac. 457, discharging the writ of habeas corpus sued out by petitioner and remanding him to the custody of the sheriff of the county of Los Angeles, by whom he is held to answer to the superior court of said county on an information filed in said court charging him with murder. The petition is brought to us by authority of section 1506 of the Penal Code, as amended by the legislature of 1927 [Stats. 1927, p. 1061], which provides, in part,…