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Show liiFEETEIN COURT DEFEAT Habeas Corpus Applicatipn I Denied; Will Appeal to U. S. Supreme Bench SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Jan. 7 Application Ap-plication for a writ of habeas corpus to set asido the conviction and Judgment Judg-ment of life imprisonment against Mra Louis E. Peete of Los Angoles for the murder of Jacob Denton, mining operator, was denied today by the United States district court here. Mrs Peete is serving her sentence in San Qucnlln. Cal.. prison. The court had been asked In the application ap-plication to direct Warden Johnston Ol 1 n Quentin prison to release Mrs. Peete on the ground that the law Which permitted he selection of a thirteenth Juror in the trial was defective. de-fective. A representative of the stale attorney attor-ney general was about to argue in a demurrer to the Peete application Wh in 'he Judge cut him short and sold that the demurrer would be granted without argument. "The petition doe not sustain the points mentioned b counsel for Mrs. Peete." the judge said. I am therefore there-fore prepared to sustain the demurrer. demur-rer. Counsel for the petitioner may appeal to a higher court If he desires to do so " D. B. Chapin. Lob Angeles, counsel for Mrs. Peete. announced out of court that he would take the matter to the United States supreme court. Mrs. Peete was not In coutt 00 |