Dwyer v. People

Plaintiff in error is hereinafter referred to as defendant. He was charged with violating chapter 147, L. 1927, by operating a public dance hall without a license. He waived a jury and on trial to the court was found guilty, and fined $25. To review that judgment he brings error and asks that the writ be made a supersedeas.

The sole question here presented is the constitutionality of the statute above mentioned. That statute, from which incorporated towns and cities are expressly exempted, forbids the operation of a public dance hall without a license from the board of county commissioners. It…