In Re Desanta
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for discharge upon writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. James C. Sims, J. A. Spinetti, and Roland Becsey, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, P. J.
The prisoner seeks to be released on habeas corpus from imprisonment under a judgment convicting him of a misdemeanor, to wit, selling milk containing less than three and four-tenths per cent of fats, in violation of certain ordinances of the city and county of San Francisco, known as Ordinance No. 2944, and Amendatory Ordinance No. 1208. The material parts of said ordinances necessary for a discussion of this case are as follows:
‘ ‘ Section 8. The terms ‘ adulterated, ’ ‘ impure, u nhealthy and ‘unwholesome,’ as used in this ordinance, mean (1st) milk containing less than 12 per centum of…
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