In Re Scott

Habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that he has been held to answer, after an examination in the police court of the city and county of San Francisco, without reasonable or probable cause, of violating section 476a of the Penal Code, relating to the crime of issuing a bank check with intent to defraud. It appears from the transcript of the proceeding had before that court that petitioner at some time, the exact date not being shown, gave a check to the “White House,” a mercantile establishment located in San Francisco, a post-dated check upon a particular bank for the sum of $26.50. The check…