In Re Collins
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for writ of habeas corpus to W. V. Buckner, Sheriff of Kings County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTaggart, J.
Habeas corpus. On June 1, 1907, Herbert L. Collins pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy, waived time for sentence on the charge, and a judgment of imprisonment for the term of six months in the county jail was rendered and entered against him thereon. The judgment was. not executed at the time; the justice of the peace before whom the proceedings were had merely made an entry in his docket of “Commitment withheld,’’ and allowed the defendant to have his liberty.
On February 29, 1908, a commitment in execution of said judgment was issued by the justice, and by virtue thereof the sheriff took…
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