Ex parte Jones

By the Court, Temple, J.:

The petitioners were convicted in the Police Court of San Francisco on the 7th day of October, 1870, of the crime of petit larceny, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the County Jail for the period of four months. From this judgment an appeal was taken to the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and the appeal having been perfected, the petitioners were admitted to bail, which having been given, they were discharged from custody on the 26th day of October, 1870.

*210The petitioners are now held upon a commitment issued by the Police Court, which, after…