Ex Parte Wilmoth

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the corporation court of the City of San Antonio for violating a city ordinance, and a fine of twenty-five dollars assessed. Under a capias pro fine he was taken into custody by the chief of police of the City of San Antonio. After a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus, the district court remanded him to custody. Hence this appeal.

The validity of an ordinance of the City of San Antonio is involved, appellant having been convicted of operating an automobile for hire without having first installed therein a. taximeter. The specific section appellant…