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In Re Avdalas

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 4, 1909No. Crim. No. 97PublishedCited by 18 opinions

PETITION for writ of habeas corpus to the sheriff of the County of Placer to test the validity of a conviction under a complaint for misdemeanor in the justice’s court of Township No. 9. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.

The petitioner was convicted by a jury in the justice’s court of township No. 9, in Placer county, upon a complaint purporting to charge him with a misdemeanor under the provisions of section 537 of the Penal Code, and was thereupon sentenced to pay a fine of sixty dollars, or, in default of the payment thereof, to be confined in the county jail of said county at the rate of one day for each dollar of said fine.

That portion of the provisions of said section within which it was sought, by the charging part of the complaint, to bring the alleged act of the petitioner, reads as follows: “Any…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex parte MaierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Matter of RuefCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Ex Parte GreenallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Ex parte WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Ex parte WhitakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1869

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In Re KasterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  2. Smith v. AbramNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Harrison v. ShuteArizona Supreme Court · 1940
  4. In Re HaywardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
  5. In Re StambaughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931

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