Ex parte STEWART.

Ex parte STEWART.
1933 OK 63
18 P.2d 1054
162 Okla. 32
Case Number: 24008
Decided: 02/07/1933
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Ex parte STEWART.

Syllabus

¶0 1. Municipal Corporations -- Licenses -- Ordinance Assessing Tax of $ 5 Per Day Upon Transient Photographers Held Void.
This case is controlled by the decision of this court this day rendered in case No. 24007, Ex parte Holmes, 162 Okla. 30, 18 P.2d 1053, and the decision therein is conclusive of the question presented in this appeal.
2. Same--Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted and Petitioner Convicted of Violating Illegal Ordinance Discharged.
Held, the writ is granted; the petitioner discharged.

Original application by R. Lawrence Stewart for a writ of habeas corpus. Writ granted.

W. K. Moore, for petitioner.
R. O. Wilson, City Atty., for respondent.

CULLISON, V. C. J.

¶1 The petitioner, R. Lawrence Stewart, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by the chief of police of Ponca City, Okla., because of a conviction under ordinance No. 1049, as amended by ordinance No. 1238.

¶2 The facts and circumstances in this case are identical with case No. 24007, Ex parte Holmes, 162 Okla. 30, 18 P.2d 1053, and the decision in case No. 24007 is conclusive of the facts in this case, and the opinion rendered therein is conclusive of the law pertaining to the case at bar.

¶3 The writ of habeas corpus is granted, and the petitioner is ordered discharged.