Ex Parte Siemens v. Shreeve

This case comes to the writer on reassignment. Petitioner, George M. Siemens, is an architect residing in Kansas City, Missouri, and there practicing his* profession. On May 20, 1926, he was convicted in the municipal court of said city on an information charging him with the violation, on or about May 19, 1925, of a city ordinance imposing a license or occupation tax on architects. Refusing to pay the fine imposed by the court he was committed as by said ordinance provided, whereupon he filed petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. Respondents waived the issuance of a formal writ…