Ex Parte Gordon
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Original habeas corpus by Louis Gordon against W. B. Nichols, Chief of Police of Oklahoma City., Writ allowed and petitioner ordered discharged.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, C. J.
This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, wherein Louis Gordon is petitioner and W. B. Nichols, chief of police of Oklahoma City, is respondent. The petitioner, who is a nonresident of this city and state, was arrested upon the charge of having violated certain ordinances of the city pertaining to the licensing of merchant auctioneers, and thereupon commenced .this proceeding upon the theory that his arrest and subsequent restraint by the chief of police was without authority of law, for the reason that the ordinance purporting to provide for the licensing of merchant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Spraigue v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Comanche Light Power Co. v. Nix, SheriffSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Thompson v. Spraigue, Soulle & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Ames v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1898
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- Parwal Inv. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Moore v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932