In Re Cooper
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to the Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The petitioner is held in custody on a charge of violating the provisions of section 269a of the Penal Code, as amended March 21, 1911, which provides that “every person who lives in a state of cohabitation and adultery is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both.” The prosecution was instituted against her and one Claud C. Miller jointly, and the deposition upon which the warrant of arrest was issued and upon which the commitment for examination was based stated as…
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