Ex parte Dee

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Curtis Dee was charged by complaint in the justice court of Bexar County with having practiced the barber’s trade without a license, contrary to the provisions of Article 734a of the Penal Code.

Upon being convicted, he appealed the case to the county court where a fine of $50.00 was assessed and, being unable to appeal the case to this court, he filed application in the county court for writ of habeas corpus, in which he attacked the constitutionality of the article of the statute under which the prosecution was had. The judge refused to issue the writ and he then filed an…