McCarter v. City of Florence

The appellant was arrested and imprisoned for unlawfully engaging in the business of solicitor in the city of Florence without first having obtained a license to engage in such business, against the laws and ordinances of the city. The appellant filed with the judge of probate a petition for writ of habeas corpus, and prayed that on the hearing that he be discharged on the ground the ordinance under which he was arrested and is restrained of his liberty has no application to him and his business; that it is contrary to the Constitution of the United States; that 'the license required of him…