Ex Parte Helm
California Supreme Court
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS to the Town Marshal of Santa Clara, holding petitioner under a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace of Santa Clara Township. I. Herrington, Justice. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.
The petitioner seeks his discharge from the custody of the town marshal of the town of Santa Clara, by whom he is held under a warrant issued upon a complaint charging him with having engaged in and carried on the business of selling goods, wares, and merchandise at a fixed place of business in said town without having first paid for and procured a license, so to do, as required by an ordinance thereof.
The question presented by this proceeding is as to the power of the board of trustees of said town to impose a license-tax for revenue for municipal purposes upon persons carrying on business…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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