In re Santellian
In re Santellian
Opinion of the Court
This is a proceeding in habeas corp~us, whereby the petitioner Pastor Santellian seeks to be discharged from the custody of the sheriff of Contra Costa County, after commitment issued pursuant to a judgment of contempt for refusing to testify as a witness for the prosecution in a criminal case then on trial in the superior court in and for said county, upon the ground that his answers to the questions would tend to incriminate him. It is a companion proceeding to one numbered 1759, this day decided (ante, p. 54 [24 Pac. (2d) 916]), entitled, In the Matter of the Petition of Eugenia Sales for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. All of the facts and circumstances involved in the present proceeding are set forth and considered in
Tyler, P. J., and Cashin, J., concurred.
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