In re Gannon
California Supreme Court
Application for writ of habeas corpus. The facts -are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
In the petition in this proceeding for habeas corpus, the petitioner alleges that he is illegally imprisoned by ánd under an unlawful judgment of conviction of contempt of court, rendered against him by the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, from which he asks to be discharged.
The judgment was rendered upon facts about which there was no dispute.
Admittedly, the petitioner appeared on the 26th of March, 1886, before a body of men, sitting as a grand jury in department 11 of the Superior Court of said city and county, in obedience to a subpoena, regularly issued and served…
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