Ex Parte Schwaller v. May

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus wherein the petitioner, Fred Schwaller, alleges that he is being illegally deprived of his liberty by L. May, the Marshal of the City of St. Louis, by whom petitioner is being held in default of bond to answer in City Court No. 1 of the City of St. Louis to a charge of violation of an ordinance of said city [Ordinance No. 40660, section 19(2)], which makes it unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle upon the streets of the city during the period for which his driver's license is in a status of suspension or revocation.

The ordinance in…