State v. Keenan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Criminal prosecution by the city attorney in the city court of the city of New Haven for a violation of an ordinance of the city; appealed by the defendant to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County, criminal side. The ordinance, which is section twenty of the by-laws of the city, is as follows:—“ No vehicle, or the animals attached thereto, shall stand waiting for employment within ten feet of any cross-walk.”
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Criminal prosecution by the city attorney in the city court of the city of New Haven for a violation of an ordinance of the city; appealed by the defendant to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County, criminal side. The ordinance, which is section twenty of the by-laws of the city, is as follows:—“ No vehicle, or the animals attached thereto, shall stand waiting for employment within ten feet of any cross-walk.” Section thirty-three of the same chapter fixes the penalty for a violation of the above and other by-laws of the chapter as follows: “ Every person guilty of any breach of or…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a criminal prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of the city of New Haven. The City Court convicted the defendant, and he appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, criminal side. In the appellate court the defendant’s counsel moved to erase the ease from the docket on the ground that the alleged offense was not a crime; and on that motion the case was reserved for the advice of this court.
The ordinance is as follows :—“No vehicle, or the animals attached thereto, shall stand waiting for employment within ten feet of any cross-walk.” Another section prescribes a penalty of not…
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