In Re Cardinal
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed against D. A. White, Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, C. J.
The petitioner is held in custody by the chief of police of the city and county of San Francisco under complaint charging him with a violation of ordinance No. 3212, N. S., in operating an automobile as a jitney bus on a public street in San Francisco without first procuring and giving a bond as required by section 4 of said ordinance.
It is contended that the ordinance as a whole is invalid, and even if this be not so, that many of its provisions, especially section 4, under which petitioner is being prosecuted, are invalid.
The ordinance is purely regulatory in nature, one designed to…
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