Ex parte Zeehandelaar

The code requires the person on whom a writ of habeas corpus is served to make a return thereto; and if the party is detained by virtue of any writ, warrant, or other written authority, a copy thereof must be annexed to the return. (Pen. Code, sec. 1480.) *239Such a return has been made in this case, and the petitioner excepts to the sufficiency of it, because, as he insists, no legal cause is shown for his imprisonment. The return shows that during the progress of a trial in the Superior Court the petitioner was called and sworn as a witness, and was asked a question by the court, which he…