In Re Tsuji Horiuchi

AMES, J., pro tem.

The petitioners, fourteen in number, were indicted by the grand jury of the county of Imperial for the crime of criminal syndicalism, as defined by an act of the legislature known as the “Criminal Syndicalism Act,” approved April 30, 1919 (Stats. 1919, p. 281). Upon their arraignment the Superior Court fixed their bail at fifteen thousand dollars each. They thereupon sued out a writ of habeas corpus from this court, and the sole question to be determined is whether or not the amount of bail fixed by the Superior Court is excessive.

It is well settled by the decisions in this…