Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of JOHN LAPIQUE for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
Court: District Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1920-03-18
Citations: 46 Cal. App. 636
Docket Number: Crim. No. 710
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of JOHN LAPIQUE for a Writ of Habeas" Corpus.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
[Crim. No. 710.
Second Appellate District, Division Two.
March 18, 1920.]
In the Matter of the Application of JOHN LAPIQUE for a Writ of Habeas" Corpus.
Habeas Corpus — Lawful Custody by .Sheriff. — A person lawfully in the custody of the sheriff under a bench warrant issued on an indictment filed by the grand jury is not entitled to be discharged on habeas corpus.
PROCEEDING on Habeas Corpus to secure release from sheriff. Writ discharged.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
John Lapique, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
— Petitioner, in open court, concedes that if the return which the sheriff proposes making were filed it would show, in accordance with the facts, that peti-
tioner is lawfully in the custody of the sheriff of Los Angeles County under a bench warrant issued on an indictment heretofore filed by the grand jury. The writ, therefore, is discharged, and petitioner remanded.