Legal Opinion
In Re Selowsky
California Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1922No. Crim. No. 2482PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
Application is made herein for a writ of habeas corpus, in order to release from custody Mary M. Selowsky. The ground of the petition is that the judgment of contempt upon which she is imprisoned is void.
In a proceeding in habeas corpus in a case of this character the only inquiry that can be made is with reference to the jurisdiction of the court which made the judgment of which the imprisonment is a part. (Ex Parte Joutsen, 154 Cal. 544 [98 Pac. 391]; 1 Bailey on Jurisprudence, sec. 311.) The question of jurisdiction must be determined by the record in the ease, and if jurisdiction is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Ex Parte JoutsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
- Metzler v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
3Cited by19 opinions
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- Ex Parte GilbertCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
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- In Re CarmenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
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