Commonwealth ex rel. City of Madisonville v. Price
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 20 — PROSECUTION AGAINST C. S. PRICE FOR A VIOLATION OP A CITY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INFANTS OR FEMALES TO DRINK IN HIS SALOON OR TO REMAIN THEREIN OVER FIVE MINUTES. — Appeal from Hopkins Circuit Court. J. F. Cordon, Circuit Judge. From a judgment of the Circuit Court, rendered on appeal from the Police Court, dismissing the prosecution the Commonwealth appeals.
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Case 20 — PROSECUTION AGAINST C. S. PRICE FOR A VIOLATION OP A CITY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INFANTS OR FEMALES TO DRINK IN HIS SALOON OR TO REMAIN THEREIN OVER FIVE MINUTES. — Appeal from Hopkins Circuit Court. J. F. Cordon, Circuit Judge. From a judgment of the Circuit Court, rendered on appeal from the Police Court, dismissing the prosecution the Commonwealth appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. An ordinance of a city of the fourth class which prohibits women, excepting certain classes, and except in eases of reasonable necessity, to visit or drink in a saloon is not unreasonable, and not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Hobson.
Reversing.
The city of Madisonville adopted the following ordinance : “It shall be unlawful for any infant or female to go into or be in or drink intoxicating liquors in any saloon or place for sale of such liquors, or any room used in connection with and opening into such saloon or place for the sale of such liquors, or in any billiard or poolroom within the city, or for the keeper or proprietor or controller, or one in charge of such room or place of business, to suffer or permit such infant or woman to drink therein, or to be or remain for over five minutes.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Louisville v. WehmhoffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Dunn v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Gastenau v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KrogerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Guidoni v. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
- City of Delta v. CharlesworthSupreme Court of Colorado · 1918
- Hughes v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Commonwealth v. HarrelsonKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
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