In Re Brady

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus based upon the alleged illegal detention of petitioner by the sheriff of Los Angeles County, acting under an order of the superior court, in and for said county, committing petitioner for a contempt of said court.

It appears that in an action pending before one of the departments of the superior court sitting in the city of Long Beach, in accordance with an order made by the judge of said department, petitioner had been served with a subpoena duces tecum. Petitioner failed and refused to respond to the said subpoena and was thereafter brought…