In Re Dees

The petitioner was arrested for violation of section 58 of Ordinance No. 3361, New Series, of the city and county of San Francisco, which is designated as “Imposing License Taxes on certain Businesses, Callings, Trades or Employments,” etc. Section 58 is as follows:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to sell in the City and County of San Francisco any theater ticket or opera ticket, or ticket of admission to a place of amusement or entertainment at any place other than the office of the management of said theater, place of amusement or entertainment, without having first taken out and obtained a license to be known as a Ticket Peddler’s License.

“Said license shall be issued by the Tax Collector at the rate of three hundred (300) dollars per month for each license.

“Every person having a Ticket Peddler’s License, and every person engaged in the business of peddling theater, opera or amusement tickets, shall on the demand of any officer of the Tax Collector’s Department, or peace officer, produce and exhibit the same.”

At the time of his arrest the petitioner was an employee of the Van Noy Interstate Company, a corporation operat ing news-stands in two of the principal hotels…