Ex Parte Lewis

Habeas Corpus. P etitiouer J erry Lewis was arrested m a bouse of prostitution in tbe city of St. Louis, on a charge of being an inmate of said bouse. Pursuant to tbe provisions of an ordinance of tbe city she was subjected to a physical examination at tbe venereal clinic, found to be suffering from syphilis and gon-orrhoea, and was thereupon quarantined and detained in a hospital provided by the city for that purpose. She seeks release by habeas corpus on the ground that the ordinance under which she is detained is unconstitutional and void. The pleadings sufficiently present the issue, but…