People v. Gibbs

'Defendant seeks here by certiorari to review and reverse on constitutional grounds a judgment rendered in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit convicting him of violating an ordinance of said city entitled “An ordinance to license and regulate auctioneers and auctions held ’within the city of Detroit.” The particular provision of said ordinance, under which he was convicted (section 12a), so far as directly material here, reads thus:

*129“No such, person doing business as a duly licensed auctioneer shall operate a public auction room, or sell goods at public auction, within the meaning of…