In Re Mason

Petitioner, under the writ of habeas corpus issued herein, seeks to obtain his release from imprisonment under a judgment of contempt of the superior court of Los Angeles County.

As administrator of the estate of Emma M. Bond, deceased, Mason was ordered to show cause 'before the trial court why he should not file an account and be discharged as administrator, and upon a hearing his letters were suspended pending the filing of a report. Subsequently he filed an account and report, which was later amended. Evidence was offered at the hearing thereon, and the trial court held that both accounts were untrue, that petitioner had wasted and mismanaged the estate, and that he had endeavored to conceal funds belonging to the same. An order was thdn made removing petitioner as administrator and directing that he deliver all the property and assets of the estate to the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank, which was contemporaneously appointed special administrator, and April 2, 1924, was set as the date upon which petitioner should appear before the court for the purpose of rendering a full accounting and making such transfer. He did not appear at the time set therefor, and the matter was…