In Re Shortridge
California Court of Appeal
HEARING on habeas corpus to the sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco, to test the validity of a commitment for contempt by the Superior Court of said city and county. F. H. Dunne, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Peter F. Dunne, Frank P. Murphy, Henry Ach, Robert Ferral, and Charles H. Fairall, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Samuel M. Shortridge heretofore filed in this court his petition, wherein he alleged that he was illegally restrained of his liberty by Thomas F. O’Neil as sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco, and praying for a writ of habeas corpus, to be directed to said sheriff, which being granted, said sheriff in due time made return thereto that he held said Shortridge in custody by virtue of a conviction and judgment for contempt of court, a certified eopy of the commitment being attached to the return. At the hearing before this court petitioner excepted to the sufficiency of the return by…
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