In Re Kotta
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for Writ of Habeas Corpus to discharge petitioner held in custody for .failure to register under the alien poll tax law. Petitioner discharged. The- facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, C. J.
The petitioner, an alen male inhabitant of the state of California of the age o£ about forty-eight years, and a ctizen of the United States of Mexico, is held in custody by the chief of police of the city and county of San Francisco under a complaint charging him with failure to register as required by the terms of the act knwn as the alien poll tax law of 1921, discussed in the opinion filed in the Matter of Terui, on Habeas Corpus, ante, p. 20, [17 A. L. R. 630, 200 Pac. 954]. His case is the same as that of Terui in all material respects, except that he claims no protection under any…
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