In Re Etherington

35 Cal.2d 863 (1950)

In re NORMAN ETHERINGTON on Habeas Corpus.

Crim. No. 5070.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Sept. 12, 1950.

Arthur De Beau Carr for Petitioner.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and C.J. Scott, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

By means of habeas corpus, Freda Mickelson, the mother of Norman Etherington, a minor, seeks his release from custody after he was adjudged by the Juvenile Court of Nevada County to be a ward of the court and committed to the California Youth Authority. She challenges upon these grounds the jurisdiction of the court to make the…