Legal Opinion
In Re Critchlow
California Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 1938No. Crim. 4164PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
This proceeding in habeas corpiis presents the question of the scope of immunity from prosecution afforded by section 334 of the Penal Code enacted in 1872.
The petitioner, Myra Critchlow, was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by the Superior Court in Marin County for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to her before the grand jury of that county.
In August, 1937, Tony Quadros, chief of police of the town of Sausalito, reported to the district attorney of Marin County that the petitioner, then employed by the Sausalito News, a newspaper published by Frank B. Anderson, had handed…
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