In Re Cordish

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus. From the sheriff’s return it appears that that officer held the petitioners under an order of the police court of San Francisco holding the petitioners to answer upon a charge of felony and committing the petitioners to the custody, of the sheriff until they be legally discharged. To the sheriff’s return the petitioners did not interpose any answer of any kind or nature. (Pen. Code, sec. 1484.)

In their brief the petitioners concede that the complaint on file in the police court was an attempt “to charge said petitioners with a violation of…