In Re Bateman

The petitioner seeks his liberty through a writ of habeas corpus. In a police court of the city of Bakersfield he was charged with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and on June 27, 1928, he pleaded guilty to said charges and waived time for sentence. The allegations of the petition as to what was said and done by the police judge at that time being controverted by the return to this court, evidence was received in that behalf. Upon that issue we find that the judge orally rendered and pronounced judgment and sentence that the defendant pay a fine in the latter’s presence, but did…