Matter of Ellsworth
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed.to the Sheriff of Sonoma County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The undisputed facts are that petitioner is under arrest by virtue of a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of the county of Sonoma, charging him with the criminal violation of the ordinances of the county of Sonoma regulating the traffic in alcoholic liquors. In June, 1912, the supervisors of the county of Sonoma passed their ordinance No. 89 for the licensing of saloons and other places where alcoholic liquors were vended or given away, and regulating the conduct of this business. Petitioner maintains a saloon in the county of Sonoma without the corporate limits of any municipality. He…
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