In Re Lewis
California Court of Appeal
HEARING on writ of habeas corpus to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGray, P. J.
In this matter the prisoner, Nellie Mundell Lewis, must be discharged for several reasons:
The warrant returned here by the sheriff as his authority for holding the prisoner was issued out of the superior court on June 6, 1906, and is by its terms based upon a complaint filed in said court on February 21, 1906, “praying for the commitment of the above-named minor to the Whittier State School for juvenile offenders.” To this warrant is attached what purports to be .a copy of a complaint sworn to on the second day of May, 1906. At the hearing of the matter the sheriff introduced in evidence the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re MundellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1906
- People v. BartmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
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