State v. Webber
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Ron. B. G. Thurmcm, Judge. The statutes under which this prosecution was had are unconstitutional and void. They make it a criminal offense for dealers in some goods, wares and merchandise to go about from place to place to sell the same without a peddler’s license.
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Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Ron. B. G. Thurmcm, Judge. The statutes under which this prosecution was had are unconstitutional and void. They make it a criminal offense for dealers in some goods, wares and merchandise to go about from place to place to sell the same without a peddler’s license. In other words, peddlers who sell some goods, wares and merchandise must take out licenses; while peddlers who sell certain other goods, wares and merchandise may do so — have the “right, privilege or immunity” to do so without license. So that some peddlers are liable to criminal prosecutions,…
1Opinion of the CourtGrantt, J.
On the 11th day of May, 1907, the prosecuting attorney of Vernon county filed the following information, duly verified, before Henry Dalton, a justice of the peace within and for Center township in said county:
“James N. Coil, prosecuting attorney, within and for the county of Vernon and State of Missouri, on his oath of office and on his best information and belief, informs the court that J. C. Webber, on or about the — day of May, 1907, at and in the said county of Vernon and State of Missouri, did then and there willfully and unlawfully deal in the selling of goods, wares and merchandise as…
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