Ex Parte Lockhart

— Habeas Corpus. Petitioner was convicted in the city court of the City of St. Louis for violating Ordinance No. 42217 of that City in that he was engaged in carrying on the business of a public mover without first having paid for and obtained a license from the License Collector of the City. He was fined the sum of twenty-five dollars, which he refused to pay, and was thereupon ordered into the custody of Thomas E. Nester, City Marshal of the City of St. Louis.

Also, he was convicted in that court of carrying on the business of public mover contrary to Sections 1415, 1419, and 1423 of…