In Re King

The petitioner asks to be released through habeas corpus from detention by the chief of police of the city of Los Angeles. She was arrested on a morals charge, examined physically in the usual course by employees of the health department, and it appears that such examination indicated that she was afflicted with a venereal disease. This fact, however, she disputes, has demanded another examination, which has been denied, and refuses to undergo medical treatment. The health department has required her detention in quarantine until such time as she may safely be released. We are of the opinion…