Legal Opinion
In Re Clarke
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 28, 1943No. Crim. 3697PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYork, P. J.
Petitioner applied for a writ of habeas corpus and was granted a hearing upon his averment that he was “imprisoned, detained, confined and restrained of his liberty by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, State of California, in the County Jail . . . that said imprisonment, detention, confinement and restraint are illegal. ...”
The commitment of petitioner to a jail sentence of ninety-five days and the infliction of fines in the sum of $9,500 for contempt of court arose out of the civil action of Taylor v. Clarke which was initiated March 6, 1940, seeking declaratory relief and an accounting,…
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