American Fork City v. Robinson

The defendants were tried and convicted in the city justice’s court of American Fork City upon a complaint for the violation of an ordinance of that city which prohibits playing pool in any clubroom in the city. They appealed to the district court of Utah county where they were again tried and convicted and fined $15 each. From the judgment in the district court they have appealed to this court, contending, among other things, that the ordinance which they were convicted of violating is invalid. By article 8, § 9, of the state Constitution the decisions of the district courts upon appeals…