Matter of Maginnis
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a writ of Habeas Corpus directed to the Children’s Agency and to Katherine Felton, President and Manager thereof. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
A writ of habeas corpus was issued by this court on the petition of Marie Maginnis, who alleged that Mabel Maginnis, a minor child, was unlawfully restrained of her liberty by the Children’s Agency.
By the return to the writ it appeared that under proceedings instituted by one Fairweather, the child, aged ten years, had been brought before the superior court of the • city and county of San Francisco, sitting as a juvenile court, and that after a hearing an order had been made finding that Mabel Maginnis was a dependent child, and committing her to the care of the Children’s Agency until the…
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