State Ex Rel. McAuley v. York

The petitioner was convicted in the municipal court of the City of Tampa of violating Section 46 of said city '“by having a stand for taxicab for hire on the street within two blocks of Franklin Street, within the city limits of the City of Tampa,” and sued out a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, addressed to the Chief of Police, York, alleging in his petition that the said ordinance was invalid. Return was duly made, and on hearing, the petition was dismissed, the petitioner remanded to custody, and petitioner was allowed and took a writ of error.

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