Ex parte McGee
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Melvin O. George, Judge. Chas. McGee having been refused his liberty on a habeas corpus proceeding, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
The petitioner, Charles McGee, was tried and convicted in the municipal court of the city of Portland on a charge *166of violating section 6 of ordinance No. 3983, entitled “An ordinance concerning offenses and disorderly conduct. ” A fine was imposed of $200, and in default of payment he was committed to the city prison for 100 days. A writ of habeas corpus was thereupon sued out in the circuit court for Multnomah county, resulting in a judgment dismissing the writ, from which he appeals to this court.
The primary question presented for consideration is one of power in the municipal court to…
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