Ex Parte Henry Turner, On Habeas Corpus

Citations

• 75 Cal. 226
• 16 P. 898
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 513

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Misdemeanor — Petit Larceny—Judgment' of Conviction— Habeas Corpus.— A prisoner who has been arrested, tried, and convicted by a police court for the crime of petit larceny, under a complaint which is in all respects sufficient, is not entitled to be discharged on habeas corpus merely because the judgment of conviction fails to recite the date of the offense, and that it had been “ feloniously ” committed.</p>