Excerpt from Notes on the California Reports, Showing the Present Value as Authority of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of California, Vol. 1: As Determined Through the Citations in Subsequent Decisions of This Court, the Courts of Last Resort of Sister States, and of the Federal Courts; Embracing Vols. 1-19 California Reports Notice to Lanfear v. Meatier, 89 Am. Dec. 676, 679. 51 Cal. 18-32 Notes on California Reports. Depositions taken before committing magistrate are reviewable on habeas corpus, p. 14. Cited in Ex Parte Cottrell, 59 Cal. 442; held, court may review depositions to see if there is cause for commitment. Approved in Ex Parte Sternes, 82 Cal. 247; held, if right to thus review depositions was ever doubted, doubt has been resolved by section 1487 of Political Code, providing for discharge of prisoner committed without probable cause held, also, that although district attorney had filed information after commitment, it was still duty of court to determine question of probable cause, the information being a mere formulation of pleadings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.