State v. Gritzner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Criminal Court. — Hon. John E. Ryland, Judge. (1) Sections 3931, 3932, Revised Statutes, 1889, are unconstitutional. First. Because the enforcement thereof would, tend to deprive citizens of the state of their liberty or property without due process of law. Second.
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Appeal from Saline Criminal Court. — Hon. John E. Ryland, Judge. (1) Sections 3931, 3932, Revised Statutes, 1889, are unconstitutional. First. Because the enforcement thereof would, tend to deprive citizens of the state of their liberty or property without due process of law. Second. Because by the enactment of said sections, the , legislature attempted to legislate against the trading and dealing in certain articles of personal property, when a general law embracing all kinds of personal property could have been enacted. Third. Because said sections are special laws tending to regulate the…
1Opinion of the CourtShekwood, J.
The defendant appeals to this court, having been convicted under the provisions of sections 3931 and 3932, Revised Statutes, 1889, of the crime of what is colloquially called “dealing in options,” and was fined in the sum of $300.
The appeal to this court, as the offense charged is only a misdemeanor, proceeds on the theory that those sections are unconstitutional.
Those sections are as follows:
“'Sec. 3931. Option dealing prohibited — Punishment for. — All purchases and sales or pretended purchases and sales, or contracts and agreements for the purchase and sale, of the shares of stocks or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State ex rel. Lionberger v. TolleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Ogletree v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- State ex rel. Harris v. HerrmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- Humes v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State v. SchuchmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
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