State v. . Hill

This is a criminal action originally begun in the mayor's court of the city of Wilmington wherein the defendant is charged with doing "scavenger work for pay at the surface closet of W. S. Royster, without having license to do such scavenger work and not being employed by the licensed scavenger of the city" of Wilmington. The closet is thereafter referred to as belonging to Niestle. The following are the admitted facts:

That in January, 1899, the defendant made a contract with William Niestle to do his scavenger work for the term of one year by cleaning the closet at his store once a week and…