Ex Parte Quarg
California Supreme Court
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS to the Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The act of March 18,1905, added a new section to the Penal Code, numbered 526, which reads as follows; “Every person who sells or offers for sale any ticket or tickets to any theater or other public place of amusement at a price in excess of that charged originally by the management of such theater or public place of amusement is guilty of a misdemeanor.” (Stats. 1905, p. 140, c. 140.) The petitioner is in custody upon conviction of a violation of this section, and seeks a discharge on the ground that the provisions of the section are unconstitutional, and consequently that the judgment of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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