Ex Parte Boynton

The petitioner comes before this court on a writ of habeas corpus. He was arrested in the town of Suisun City on a warrant for disturbing the peace. He was brought before the justice of the peace and pleaded guilty, and on the ninth day of June, 1905, was sentenced to sixty days’ imprisonment in the county jail of Solano County., Petitioner claims the complaint on which he pleaded guilty charges no public offense. The charging part of said complaint is as follows:—

“Did willfully and unlawfully and maliciously disturb the peace and quiet of said Chas. H. Downing, on Solano and Main streets in…