In Re Scott

This is an application for the release of petitioner on habeas corpus for the reason that he was not brought to trial within sixty days from the filing of the information, as provided in subdivision 2 of section 1382 of the Penal Code. The petition shows that the information was filed on August 6, 1926; and thereafter, without objection by petitioner, was set for trial for October 6, 1926, that on October 6, 1926, petitioner made a motion to dismiss because he was not brought to trial within the sixty-day period, which motion was denied; that after trial and a verdict of guilty the court on October 21, 1926, granted a motion for a new trial and set the cause for retrial on October 28, 1926, and on the last-mentioned day continued the cause until December 8, 1926.

In the case of In re Begerow, 133 Cal. 349 [ 85 Am. St. Rep. 178 , 56 L. R. A. 513, 65 Pac. 828 ], it was determined that the sixty-day period in the first instance runs from the filing of the information or indictment, but that after a mistrial another sixty-day period starts to run from the time of the determination of the mistrial. In this ease the time would start to run on October 21, 1926, the date of the order…