Legal Opinion
Ex parte Scott
Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County
Decided December 19, 1913Published
1Opinion of the CourtGeoghegan, J.
The petitioner in his application for a writ of habeas corpus sets forth that he was unlawfully imprisoned by William Copelan, chief of police of the city of Cincinnati, on the pretended charge that he, the said William C. Scott, sold intoxicating liquors without having been licensed as provided in Section 1261-63 of the General Code of Ohio, and that the said statutes relating to the licensing of dealers in intoxicating liquors are unconstitutional, the samé being in violation of Section .1 of Article I of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Ohio, and of the Fourteenth Amendment of the…
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