Ex Parte Sweetman
California Court of Appeal
PETITION for discharge upon writ of habeas corpus under a judgment imposed in the justice’s court of Berkeley, Alameda County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Petitioner asks to be discharged from custody under a judgment rendered by the justice court of the town of Berkeley, upon his conviction of a misdemeanor for maintaining a place where alcoholic liquors were sold, without having a license therefor as required by the ordinance of the town of Berkeley.
The judgment imposes a fine of $500 upon petitioner, with the usual alternative of imprisonment not exceeding six months in default of payment.
It is insisted by petitioner that both the charter of the town of Berkeley and the ordinance under which petitioner was prosecuted limit the fine that may…
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