In Re Stratham
California Court of Appeal
PROCEEDING- in Habeas Corpus to secure the release of a person held in custody for the violation of a municipal ordinance. Writ discharged. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtConrey, P. J.
In this proceeding it is duly shown that George U. Stratham is held in custody, pursuant to arrest and upon a complaint filed in the police court of the city of Los Angeles, charging him with the commission of a misdemeanor by willfully and unlawfully soliciting custom and patronage for the transportation of persons and baggage for hire in the Southern Pacific depot in said city and upon property used and occupied in conjunction with said depot, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance of the city.
The ordinance in question is No. 39551, new series, of the city of Los Angeles. This ordinance…
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