People v. Maguire
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Comity Court of San Francisco. The following are the records of the Police Judge’s Court: “ Tuesday, June 21, 1864. “ Police Judge’s Court. “Present, presiding, his Honor P. W. Shepheard.
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Appeal from the Comity Court of San Francisco. The following are the records of the Police Judge’s Court: “ Tuesday, June 21, 1864. “ Police Judge’s Court. “Present, presiding, his Honor P. W. Shepheard. “The defendant arrested charged with misdemeanor by violation of the Sunday Law, and on motion of defense, the Court orders that the case be continued until Wednesday, June 22, 1864. “ Wednesday, June 22, 1864. “ Case being called, defendant demurred to the complaint, on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and the Court sustains the demurrer,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.
This case has been brought up for review by certiorari from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. It appears from the return that the defendant was arrested under a warrant issued by the Police Judge of the City and County of San Francisco, upon a complaint charging him with a violation of the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit barbarous and noisy amusements on the Christian Sabbath.” (Statutes of 1855, p. 50.) On his arraignment in the Police Judge’s Court, he demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to…
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