Ex Parte Sullivan
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Tarrant County. Original habeas corpus proceeding asking writ of habeas corpus and discharge of relator under a conviction in the Corporation Court and County Court under city ordinance of the City of Fort Worth; penalty, a fine of $10. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.
This is an application by Mr. Sullivan for a writ of habeas corpus and discharge thereunder.
He shows that he was convicted in the Corporation (City) Court of Fort Worth on a complaint charging that he violated ordinance No. 448 of said city regulating motor buses,—commonly, and for convenience herein, called "jitneys”—hereinafter copied, in that: (1) He failed to pay the license fee of $10 required for operating said vehicle before doing so; and, also (2) that he so operated it without first procuring an indemnity contract from some solvent insurance company; that…
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