In Re Johnson

Upon petitioner’s application therefor, the supreme court issued a writ of habeas corpus made returnable to this court after its denial of a similar petition.

It appears from the return to the writ and oral evidence of Dr. Bettin, who is connected with the city health department of Los Angeles, that petitioner was, on November 12, 17, and 22, 1918, with her consent, examined and found to he afflicted with gonococcus infection, and thereupon, by order of the health commissioner of the city, confined in a hospital for treatment, which, with the view of effecting a cure, was administered until December 5, 1918, at wMch time, upon application for a writ of habeas corpus, she was, by the superior court, released on bail, at the hearing of which, on February 8, 1919, she was remanded to custody and returned to the' hospital, since which time she has steadfastly refused to accept any treatment or submit to any examination. There was no showing or claim that she received treatment while absent from the hospital; nor, indeed, any evidence whatsoever offered in support of the contention that she was not now and had never been so afflicted. The testimony of Dr. Bettin is that, without…