Ex parte Mount

The petitioner alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by the captain of police of the city of Oakland, and the officer, in his return to the writ of habeas corpus served on him, shows that he detains the petitioner under a warrant of arrest issued out of the police court of said city. The warrant recites a complaint under oath made against the petitioner, charging him with carrying on the business of selling goods, wares, and merchandise at a fixed place of business, in the city of Oakland, without first taking out a license to do so, in violation of an…