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Ex Parte Bulger

California Supreme Court
May 13, 1882
No. 10,755
Reporters:
,
Before:
Morrison
Morrison, C. J.:

On the second day of November, 1881, the petitioner, Edward ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍Bulger was convicted in the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco of the crime of “ Battery,” was sentenced ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍by the Court to three years imprisonment in the House of Correction, and now, after having been confined there for six months, applies to be discharged ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍from further punishment under the judgment of the Superior Court. Section 243 of the Penal Code provides that “ battery is *439punishable by fine ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both.” The petitioner has been imprisoned for ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‍the term of six months and should be discharged.

It is so ordered.

Case Details

Case Name: Ex Parte Bulger
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: May 13, 1882
Citations: 60 Cal. 438; 1882 Cal. LEXIS 489; No. 10,755
Docket Number: No. 10,755
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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