Soon Hing v. Crowley
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE, CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The petitioner in the court below, the plaintiff in error here, was arrested by the defendant, who' is chief of police of th¿ city and county of San Francisco, for an alleged violation of an ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of that municipality, approved on the 18th of June, 1883; and while in custody of the officer applied to the Circuit Court of the United States for a writ of habeas…
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IN ERROR TO THE, CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The petitioner in the court below, the plaintiff in error here, was arrested by the defendant, who' is chief of police of th¿ city and county of San Francisco, for an alleged violation of an ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of that municipality, approved on the 18th of June, 1883; and while in custody of the officer applied to the Circuit Court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus, in order to obtain his discharge. The Circuit Court refused to issue- the writ; the judges of the court being…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The ordinance- of the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, the legislative authority of that municipality, approved on the 25th of June, 1883, is similar in its main features to the ordinance under consideration at this term in Barbier v. Connolly, ante, page 27. It differs in the designation of the limits of the district of the city and- county within which its provisions are to be enforced, but not otherwise in any essential particular. The fourth section is identical in both. The prohibition against labor on Sunday in this section is; not involved here, as it was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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