People v. Gardner
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to recorder’s court of Detroit; Murphy, J. James Gardner was convicted of violating a municipal ordinance relative to the disposition of garbage.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant has been convicted a second time of violating a garbage ordinance of the city of Detroit. He questions the conviction upon two grounds: First, that the ordinance is void; second, that the court erred in directing a verdict of guilty.
That a city may lawfully pass an ordinance like this must be considered settled by the decision in the case of People v. Gardner, 136 Mich. 693, where this identical ordinance was held valid, and a former conviction of this defendant was affirmed. See, also, Fischer v. St. Louis, 194 U. S. 361.
Upon a prosecution for a second offense, his counsel…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Doyle v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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