In Re Means

By a writ of habeas corpus, E. H. Means seeks his discharge from custody under a warrant of arrest issued upon a complaint charging him with a violation of an ordinance of the city of Sacramento requiring that every person performing labor as a journeyman plumber procure a certificate of registration. The petitioner alleges in support of his application that at the time of his arrest he was a civil service employee of the State of California engaged in the work of a plumber at the California State Pair grounds in the city of Sacramento, and that, as such employee, the ordinance does not apply…