Ex Parte Beck
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to be discharged from an arrest for an alleged violation of the Local Option Law. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.
The petitioner is held in custody for examination under a complaint charging him with keeping and conducting a retail liquor saloon in the city of Paso Robles, where alcoholic liquors are sold, served, and distributed in quantities of less than two gallons, said city being an incorporated city and “no-license territory,” and he not being a licensed pharmacist.
The question presented by this proceeding is the constitutionality of an act of the legislature generally known as the “Local Option Act,” approved April 4, 1911 (Stats. 1911, p. 599), with reference specially to cities and towns…
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