In Re Knight
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to secure release for violation of a county prohibition enforcement ordinance. Granted. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The petitioner is held in custody by the sheriff of Butte County upon an order made by a justice of the peace of said county, sitting as a committing magistrate, holding him to trial in the superior court of said county for the violation of Ordinance No. 307, passed and adopted by the board of supervisors of said county of Butte on the second day of August, 1921. The avowed purpose of said Ordinance No. ^307 is the enforcement of 'the eighteenth amendment to the federal constitution, prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transportation, etc., of alcoholic liquors within the limits of said…
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