Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Knapp

California Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1899No. Crim. No. 597PublishedCited by 5 opinions

HABEAS CORPUS in the Supreme Court to review the validity of a conviction in the Justice’s Court for violation of an ordinance of Stanislaus County. D. L. Smith, Justice of the. Peace. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.

This is an application for a discharge from custody made on behalf of James Knapp, who was arrested, tried, and convicted upon a charge of violating an ordinance of the county of Stanislaus. The ordinance declares, in effect, that it shall be a misdemeanor for anyone to hunt, kill, or destroy certain game with intent to transport, or to cause the same to be transported, without the county; or to offer the same to any person for the purpose of shipping or carrying the same without the county. It also declares that every railroad or transportation company, their agents and servants, who shall…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Harper v. GallowaySupreme Court of Florida · 1909
  2. In Re PhoedoviusCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Ex Parte KennekeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. In re MarshallU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1900
  5. Ex Parte KennekeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902

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