In Re O'Shea
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for discharge upon writ of habeas corpus to test the validity of section 353a of the Penal Code. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, P. J.
Petitioner seeks to be discharged from imprisonment under a complaint charging him with violating section 337a of the Penal Code, commonly called the “Racetrack bill.” The charge is that he committed the crime of a felony on the fifth day of July, 1909, in this, that he “did willfully and unlawfully engage in poolselling and bookmaking, and record and register a certain bet and wager and sell pools upon the result of a certain trial and contest of skill, to wit, dogs, at and upon those certain grounds known as Ingleside Coursing Park, situate on Ocean avenue near Lee street in the city and…
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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