In Re Gregory

Petition for habeas corpus. It appears therefrom that petitioner was charged with the crime of forgery. The complaint was filed in the police court of the city and county of San Francisco. The matter came on regularly for hearing, petitioner being represented by counsel. He waived a preliminary examination and the judge of said court, sitting as a committing magistrate, held him to answer. It is claimed that the commitment is void for the reason that a preliminary examination is made mandatory by constitutional provision, and the privilege cannot be waived by an accused. The constitutional…