In Re Leach and Huggins

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of petitioners Henry Leach and Forrest Hug gins, who were charged by information filed by the district attorney, and were convicted thereon in the Superior Court of the state of California in and for the county of Los Angeles, juvenile department, and sentenced to imprisonment for the offense of contributing to delinquency, a misdemeanor. The charge was of the character defined under the Juvenile Court Law, section 21. (Stats. 1915, p. 1247.)

In this proceeding, apparently both the petitioners and the parties appearing in opposition to the petition desire the court to pass upon the question as to whether or not the constitutional amendment, section 5, article VI (Stats. 1927, p. 2390), and Sections 11 and 13 of article VI of the Constitution, and the Municipal Court Act of 1925 (Stats. 1925, p. 648), have entirely taken from the jurisdiction of the superior court and placed in the municipal court the sole right and .exclusive jurisdiction to hear informations charging offenses under the Juvenile Court Act, and particularly as to the offense of contributing to delinquency, a misdemeanor.

It is stated, however, by the…