92 Cal. 492
Decided December 28, 1891
California Supreme Court · decided 1891-12-28
Application to the Supreme Court for a discharge upon a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted in the police court of the city and county of San Francisco for peddling meat from a vehicle without a license, in violation of ordinance 1589 of the city and county of San Francisco, as amended by ordinance 2216.
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Decided 1891-12-28
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently May 2000
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¶1Ordinances similar to that which petitioner was convicted of having violated have frequently-been considered by this court. The validity of such ordinances is not now an open question here.
¶2We are unable to discover any legal ground upon which the petitioner could be discharged.
¶3Petitioner remanded to the custody of the chief of police of the city and county of San Francisco.
¶4Be Haven, J., and Beatty, C. J., dissented.