Legal Opinion
Ex parte Bull
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1871No. 3,130PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Application to Mr. Justice Wallace, for an order to discharge the prisoner from the custody of the Sheriff of El Dorado County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, J.:
It appears by the petition and return to the writ, that the petitioner is detained in custody by the Sheriff of El Dorado County:
1. By virtue of an order of commitment in the following words:
“ State of California, County of El Dorado. The People of the State of California, to the Sheriff' of the County of El Dorado: An order having this day been made by me, that Peter Frederick Bull, alias Peter Wilson, be held to answer upon a charge of murder committed on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1871, at Placerville Township, you are hereby commanded to receive him into your…
2Cited by11 opinions
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- Ex parte KeilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
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- People v. NyeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
- Ex parte IsbellNevada Supreme Court · 1876
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