In Re Rameriz

On application of his attorneys a writ of habeas corpus was issued on behalf of Gevino Rameriz, whom we shall refer to as petitioner. The record before us shows that he was charged, tried, and convicted in Kings County and sentenced to serve a term of from one to five years in the state prison at San Quentin for violation of a new statute (Stats. 1923, p. 695), in having on and about his person and in his possession a certain automatic revolver some four inches in length of twenty-five caliber and loaded with powder and ball, the petitioner then and there being an unnaturalized foreign-born'…