In Re Pierce
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for discharge upon writ of habeas corpus, under conviction of violating a county ordinance of Glenn County, in a justice’s court therein. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Frank Freeman, C. L. Donohue, W. T. Belieu, and G. R. Freeman, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The petitioner was convicted in the justice’s court of the fourth judicial district of Glenn county of a misdemeanor,'under a complaint charging him with “commencing and conducting the business of retailing and selling spirituous liquors” within said county of Glenn, without .first obtaining a license for that purpose, in violation of certain provisions of Ordinance No. 62 of said county. The petitioner, upon his conviction, was sentenced by the court to a term of ninety days’ imprisonment in the county jail of O-lenn county, and, in addition thereto, to pay a fine of $200.
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