Ex Parte Fowler

This is an original action in habeas corpus brought by the petitioner, Maxine June Fowler, to secure her release from confinement in the city jail of Oklahoma City.

In her verified petition, it is alleged that the petitioner is being confined in that part of the city jail known as “The Clinic”, but that said detention of the petitioner is illegal and unauthorized.

At the hearing before this court, the proof showed that the petitioner was a prostitute who had practiced her profession in Oklahoma City for- several years. That she had previously been arrested and convicted of practicing…