Kuhlman v. Superior Court of San Francisco

Citations

• 122 Cal. 636
• 55 P. 589
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 648

Syllabus

<p>■Coroner of San Francisco—County Office—General Legislation— Repeal of Special Act.—The coroner of the City and County of San Francisco is a county officer, and. general laws pertaining to the powers and duties of coroners are as applicable to him as. to any other coroner in the state; and all the provisions of the special act of 1872, which are covered by such general legislation, are repealed.</p> <p>Id.—Inquest—Punishment of Recalcitrant Witness—Jurisdiction of Superior Court.—The punishment of a recalcitrant witness who refuses to attend or testify at an inquest held by the coroner of San Francisco, is regulated by section 1513 of the Penal Code, and not by sections 17 and 18 of the special act of 1872, which are repealed by that section of the Penal Code; and the superior court has no jurisdiction to punish such a witness under that special act; nor could tne superior court exercise jurisdiction under the terms of section 17 of the act of 1872 to punish a witness merely upon the face of the warrant and order of the coroner, without a trial in that court.</p>