In re Carpenter

In September of 1939 this court issued its writ of habeas corpus, and ordered that Pearl Kennedy Carpenter be admitted to bail in the sum of $50, pending the return to the writ. The $50 bail was deposited with the clerk of this court. The habeas corpus proceeding challenged the validity of a contempt order made by the San Francisco Superior Court. After a hearing, the writ was discharged and Pearl Kennedy Carpenter was remanded to custody. (In re Carpenter, 36 Cal.App.2d 274 [97 P.2d 476],) According to the affidavits filed in the present proceeding, which is a petition filed by the…