Ex parte Nicholas
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for a discharge upon a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
The petition filed on behalf of the said Nicholas alleges, in substance, that his detention is illegal, because he has been charged by information with the crime of embezzlement without any previous examination and commitment by a magistrate for such crime, and because the superior court has denied his motion to dismiss the information, which motion, he says, was based upon the ground that said information had not been found and filed according to law.
In my opinion, the petition is upon its face wholly insufficient to justify the issuance of the writ. Construed with the utmost liberality in…
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