City of Columbia v. Alexander

October 2, 1923. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Habeas corpus proceedings in the original jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of testing the validity of an ordinance of the City of Columbia entitled, "An ordinance further regulating traffic of the City of Columbia," adopted March 27, 1923, taking effect May 1, 1923, for a violation of which the defendant was convicted and sentenced on May 3, 1923.

On May 3, 1923, the defendant applied to Hon. R.C. Watts, an Associate Justice of this Court, for writ of habeascorpus, which was granted in an order signed by him on that day,…