In Re Jarvis

This matter comes before us on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition states that the petitioner is unlawfully imprisoned, detained, confined, and restrained of his liberty by Frank Barnett, sheriff of the county of Alameda, state of California, at the county jail in the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, state of California, by virtue of an order of the superior court of the state of California in and for the county of Alameda, adjudging petitioner in contempt of court for a violation of an order of said court and in interfering with the processes of said court. Petitioner alleges that the order committing said Robert Jarvis is in excess of the jurisdiction of said superior court; that the said affidavit or complaint upon which the original proceeding is based is insufficient in that said affidavit fails to allege that the said Robert Jarvis had any knowledge that said Katrina Wassman was a jury-woman in the case then before said court at said time, and further, that said Robert Jarvis had any knowledge of any orders issued to said jurymen in said matter, or intended to violate any orders or proceedings of said court; that said affidavit wholly fails to state that…