Ex Parte Ruef
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for reduction of bail upon habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Frank J. Murphy, Henry Ach, and M. C. Chapman, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The petitioner, Abraham Ruef, asks the court to admit him to bail upon divers indictments now pending against him in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco. Bail has been fixed upon each charge by order of the superior court, so that the proceeding before us is in effect an application for a reduction of the bail heretofore fixed by the court in which the indictments are pending.
There are now pending one hundred and sixteen indictments against petitioner, in each of which he is charged with bribing a member of the board of supervisors of the city and county of San…
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