Ex parte Young Ah Gow

— The return shows that the petitioner for the writ was imprisoned on a commitment issued out of the Superior Court of the city- and county of San Francisco, of which the following is a copy: —

“ Commitment.

“ In the Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco, State of California, Department Five, Tuesday, March 29, 1887.

“ Present, Hon. John Hunt, Judge.

“ The People of the State of California v. Young Ah Gow, convicted of petit larceny, second offense.

“ The district attorney, with the defendant and his counsel, Mr. L. I. Mowry, came into court. The defendant was duly informed by the court…