Ex Parte Anderson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Tarrant County. Original application for habeas corpus for release from arrest under a complaint filed in the corporation court of the City of Fort Worth charging relator with a violation of the garbage ordinance.
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From Tarrant County. Original application for habeas corpus for release from arrest under a complaint filed in the corporation court of the City of Fort Worth charging relator with a violation of the garbage ordinance. The relator was charged in the corporation court of the City of Fort Worth, that on a certain date within said corporate limits of said city, Tarrant County, Texas, the said relator not then and there being a duly licensed garbage officer of said city, or his assistant, did then and there unlawfully haul, carry and transport at night along and over the streets, roads and alleys…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by relator, insisting that he is illegally restrained of his liberty by J. IT. Miaddox, Chief of Police of the City of Fort Worth, on a charge of violating the grabage ordinance.
Relator insists that the ordinance of the City of Fort Worth is unconstitutional on the ground that same is unreasonable. The charter authorizes the City of Fort Worth to pass a garbage ordinance to clean up and keep the'city in a sanitary condition. We do not believe it necessary to quote either the clause of the charter or the ordinance, in…
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