C. R. Ferguson v. W. H. Mcdonald

WHITFIELD, J. -- In habeas corpus proceedings W. H. McDonald was discharged from custody of the city marshal under a sentence of conviction by the municipal court of the City of Miami, Florida, for violating the ordinance of the city by doing business in said city as Agent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, which such company had not procured a license to do business therein as required by the city ordinance, the court holding the ordinance imposing the license tax on the company