In Re Bocci

Petitioner herein applied for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging in his petition that he was being unlawfully “imprisoned, detained, confined and restrained of his liberty” by the marshal of the town of Lawndale, San Mateo County, under a charge of misdemeanor, to wit: Opening and keeping open on Sunday a place of business for the manufacture and sale of grave stones and monuments, in violation of an ordinance of said town, which ordinance, petitioner claims, is unconstitutional. The writ was issued, and in response thereto the marshal filed a return, from which it appears that at the time the…