HADACHECK v. LOS ANGELES

No. 32.

239 U.S. 394 (1915)

HADACHECK v. SEBASTIAN, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Emmett H. Wilson and Mr. G.C. DeGarmo for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Albert Lee Stephens, Mr. Charles S. Burnell and Mr. Warren L. Williams for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Habeas corpus prosecuted in the Supreme Court of the State of California for the discharge of plaintiff in error from the custody of defendant in error, Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles.

Plaintiff in error, to whom we shall refer as petitioner, was convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of an ordinance of the City of Los Angeles which makes...

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