Ex parte Ruffin
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court to the sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco, to test the validity of a judgment of conviction of the Police Court of said City and County. Charles T. Conlan, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The petitioner is imprisoned under a judgment convicting him of defrauding an innkeeper. He demands his release upon the ground that the statute creating the offense has been repealed.
On March 10, 1887, a statute was enacted under the following title: “An act to add a new section to the Penal Code, to be known as section 537, relative to personal property mortgaged.”
March 1, 1889, another statute was enacted under the following title: “An act to add a new section to the Penal Code, to be known as section 537, relating to defrauding proprietors and managers of hotels, inns,…
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