In Re Jacinto

MARKS, J.

In his petition for a writ of

habeas corpus

Louis Jacinto seeks to be released from restraint under a warrant of arrest issued by the justice of the peace of Hanford Township on an offense alleged to have been committed in

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Lemoore Township in Kings County. The justice’s courts of both townships are Class B.

The purpose of a- writ of

habeas corpus

is to test the validity of the process upon which a person is restrained and the jurisdiction of the court issuing such process.

(Ex parte Long,

114 Cal. 159 [45 Pac. 1057].)

Section 1425 of the Penal Code as now in effect confines the jurisdiction of Class B “Justice’s Courts in criminal causes to the township wherein the offense was committed.”

(Antilla

v.

Justice’s Court,

209 Cal. 621 [290 Pac. 43]. See, also,

In re Cohen,

107 Cal. App. 288 [290 Pac. 512];

In re Bridwell,

112 Cal. App. 19 [296 Pac. 312];

In re Giruado,

114 Cal. App. 348 [299 Pac. 740];

In re Wyatt,

114 Cal. App. 557 [300 Pac. 132]

; Fueller

v.

Justice’s Court,

134 Cal. App. 305 [25 Pac. (2d) 248].) It follows that as the justice ’s court of Hanford Township was a Class B justice’s court and the crime had been committed in another township, the justice’s court of Hanford Township had no jurisdiction and petitioner should be discharged.