Seibold v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the court below of three offenses of keeping open a tippling-house on the Sabbath day, in violation of the statute, and fined $10 for each offense.

The judgment is upon an indictment, properly framed and presented in due form of law in open court, by a grand jury of the county, regularly empanneled and sworn.

The offenses were committed within the corporate limits of the city of Peoria; and, at the time, the city was empowered by its charter, and pursuant to the power had passed ordinances, to regulate the sale and giving away of distilled and fermented…