Ex parte Long

Petitioner asks to be discharged on habeas corpus from restraint under a judgment convicting him of a misdemeanor in selling beer without a license, in violation of section 1 of' ordinance No. 1093 of the city of Oakland, regulating the traffic in intoxicating liquors within the limits of that city.

No question is made as to the jurisdiction of the court, or the sufficiency of the complaint in charging an offense under the ordinance; nor is the judgment in any way attacked as void for any reason or defect appearing upon its face. The contention of petitioner upon which he bases his right to…