Legal Opinion
In Re Burns
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 6, 1958No. Crim. 6279PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
Barbara Ann Burns, a minor, was adjudged to be in contempt of court for being late in her appearance as a witness at an adjourned session of the superior court, and she was sentenced to serve five days in jail.
We issued habeas corpus; a return was filed by the sheriff; the cause came on for hearing; it was stipulated that the petition be deemed a traverse to the return. Argument was heard and the matter was submitted.
The record discloses the following facts. On April 3, 1958, there were pending in the superior court two actions in which David James Mack was a defendant, one a prosecution for…
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