Doble v. Superior Court

Application for a writ of prohibition. In an indictment by the grand jury of the city and county of San Francisco bearing date September 2, 1924, petitioners are charged by the first count thereof with a conspiracy under section 182 of the Penal Code based on alleged violation of the Corporate Securities Act (Stats. 1917, p. 673). In six other counts petitioners are charged with certain specific violations of the said Corporate Securities Act, the punishment for which is prescribed by section 14 thereof. Petitioners interposed a demurrer to the indictment and to each and every count thereof.…