In Re Hallawell
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for writ of habeas corpus to the Sheriff of San Diego County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
It appears that petitioner is committed to jail under an information filed by the district attorney of San Diego county charging him with the crime of selling a preparation of opium, the purchaser thereof not having a prescription therefor as required by section 8 of “An Act to regulate the sale of poisons in the State of California and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,” approved March 6, 1907. (Stats. 1907, p. 124.)
Petitioner contends that said act is unconstitutional, and hence the sale of the opium compound could not constitute a public offense. Section 8 of the act in…
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