Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Small
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 26, 1950No. A-11428PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Fred Small has filed a petition in this . court seeking a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained in the city jail of Hugo, Oklahoma, by Fred White, chief of police, and that the cause of his restraint is his failure to pay the garbage collection and DDT spraying fee levied upon petitioner for the preceding month, as provided by City Ordinance No. 412, of the city of Hugo. A copy of the ordinance in question is attached to the petition, as is a copy of the criminal warrant issued by the judge of the police court, city of Hugo, together with a…
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