In re Trombley

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. A complaint was filed in the Justices’ Court of Township Fifteen, Contra Costa County, accusing the petitioner in five counts of five violations of the Labor Code. Four counts *529charged failure to pay wages to four employees (Lab. Code, §§ 202, 216) and the other charged a failure to maintain semimonthly pay days (§204), and a failure to post notices thereof (§ 207).

Petitioner pleaded not guilty and was tried by jury. He was convicted on four counts (one having been dismissed by the district attorney) and sentenced. On appeal the superior court affirmed…