Ex parte Helbing

Citations

• 66 Cal. 215
• 5 P. 103
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 734

Syllabus

<p>Habeas Corpus—Fraudulently Taking Water from Main—Sufficiency of Complaint.—Where a statute provides that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to connect any pipe, tube, or other instrument with any water main or pipe for the purpose of fraudulently taking water therefrom, a complaint alleging a connection for such purpose, without charging that the connection was made by means of a pipe, tube, or other instrument, substantially follows the statute, and is sufficient.</p>