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p. 774[Crim. No. 1263. In Bank. September 23, 1905.] Ex Parte CHARLES P. WEST, on Habeas Corpus.
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Habeas Corpus—Trading-Stamp Law—Constitutional Law—Police Power—Case Affirmed.—The act of March 7, 1905, in so far as it makes it a misdemeanor to issue trading-stamps is unconstitutional, and does not fall within the police power of the state, and one convicted thereunder will be discharged upon habeas corpus. (Ex parte Hrexel and Ex parte Holland, ante, p. 763, applied and affirmed.)APPLICATION for Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco.
The facts are similar to those stated in Ex parte Drexel and Ex parte Holland, ante, p. 763.
H. M. Anthony, for Petitioner.
Lewis F. Byington, District Attorney, John Garber, Allen G. Wright, Charles A. Son, and W. B.- Matthews, for Respondent.
This cause is entirely within and governed by the decisions in the cases of Ex parte Drexel and Ex parte Holland, ante, p. 763, [ 82 Pac. 429 ], this day decided; and, upon the authority of those cases, the petitioner, Charles P. West, is discharged from custody.