Ex Parte Thornton

The petitioner, A H. Thornton, alleges that he is illegally restrained by the mayor and chief of police of the city of Chickasha, and that the said restraint is by virtue of a void ordinance and a void proceeding therein by which he was adjudged to pay a fine intthe said court of said city.

The respondents have made return, admitting that they are the mayor and chief of police of said city, and that on the 23d day of February the petitioner was adjudged guilty of vagrancy and a fine of $19 assessed against him and he was ordered committed until such fine was paid, and further claim that said…