Ex parte Sing Lee
California Supreme Court
Application to the' Supreme Court for a discharge from imprisonment upon a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
De Haven, J.—
The petitioner was, at the date of the issuance and service of the writ of habeas corpus herein, restrained of his liberty by the marshal of the town of Chico, upon a charge of having violated section 1 of a certain ordinance of that town, “in that he did . . . . unlawfully establish, maintain, and carry on the business of a public laundry .... without having first obtained a written permit from the board of trustees of said town to establish, maintain, and carry on such public laundry.”
It is claimed by the petitioner that the section of the ordinance which he is charged with…
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