Matter of Application of Lee

The petition herein sets forth that the petitioner is under arrest and in custody of the chief of police of the city of San Diego pursuant to a complaint charging him with violations of a penal ordinance of that city. The complaint, which was filed with a city justice of the peace, charges that the defendant has committed a misdemeanor as follows, to wit: “That the said defendant on or about the 31st day of August, 1915, in the city of San Diego, . . . being the lessee of and operating an auto bus, as defined in section 1 of Ordinance No. 6248 of the ordinances of said city, said auto bus being operated by virtue of a certain auto bus permit and license numbered 43, issued pursuant to the terms of said ordinance numbered 6248, did willfully and unlawfully on, to wit, the 31st day of August, A. D. 1915, and on the 1st day of September, A. D. 1915, and on the 2d day of September, A. D. 1915, fail, refuse and neglect to run and operate said auto bus so as to maintain a regular schedule from 6 o’clock A. m. to 12 o ’clock midnight, daily, for at least six days in the week, beginning Monday, August 30th, A. D. 1915, and ending Monday, September 6, A. D. 1915, all of which is contrary,”…