In re Corum

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

C. C. Corum and W. O. Robinson were charged with selling goods in the city of King-man without a license, in violation of a city ordinance, and upon a trial in the police court were found guilty. Failing to pay the fine imposed, they were taken into custody, from which they seek to be relieved by the writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioners attack the jurisdiction of the police judge because the complaint was sworn to and the warrant issued by S. T. Palmer, a justice of the peace, who *272was acting police judge in the absence of Moses Wag-goner,…