Hale v. Superior Court

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the issuance of a commitment requiring the confinement of petitioner. The petitioner alleges that he appeared before the respondent court and judge on May 13,1933, in response to an order to show cause why he should not be punished for failure to comply with the terms of a previous order of the court requiring him to pay certain sums of money at certain named dates. It is alleged that a hearing was had on the date named and the petition purports to set forth the evidence received at this hearing, all of which is to the effect that…