Village of South Holland v. Stein

Appellant, Mrs. Paul Stein, was charged with soliciting subscriptions for a magazine without a solicitor’s permit from the board of trustees of the village of South Holland, Illinois, and upon trial was fined $5 and costs. The case was appealed to the criminal court of Cook county and tried upon an agreed statement of facts. Appellant was found guilty and fined the sum of $5. Motion was made to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the ordinance violated both the constitution of the State of Illinois and the constitution of the United States in that it denied and restricted: (a) Freedom of…