Ex parte Williams
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for the discharge of the petitioner upon a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
In this case, by leave of the court, an amended petition was filed after the decision which was filed July 24, 1890, and on such amended petition the petitioner was permitted to reargue the case on the question of the constitutionality of the act of 1878, under which petitioner was sentenced to the house of correction.
After a patient hearing and investigation, we deem it necessary only to add to that which was said in our former opinion, that in our judgment the act is not in conflict with section 25, article 4, of the constitution. It -is not special or local, either for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shay v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
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