Ferguson v. Peake

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying the petition of appellant to be discharged in proceedings for habeas corpus from the custody of the superintendent of the Washington asylum and jail. The averments of the petition, stated in narrative form, are in substance as follows: Petitioner was tried in the police court of the District of Columbia on an information alleging violation of section 15 of article XXIII of the Police Regulations of the District, which reads: “No person shall remain in front of or enter *167any store where goods…