Ex Parte Epperson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Prom Bed Biver County. Original application for writ of habeas corpus asking release from arrest for unlawfully operating an automobile.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
—This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus. The city of Clarksville, organized under the general incorporation laws of Texas, as a municipal corporation, passed the following ordinance: “It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 16 years to operate any automobile or other motor vehicle upon the streets or ways of the city of Clarksville,” and in a subsequent ordinance prescribes a penalty of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
There is an agreement in the statement of facts that the city of Clarksville had not by any…
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