City of Rockford v. Nolan

A complaint was filed before a police magistrate of the city of Rockford that James Nolan on December 14, 1923, violated the provisions of an ordinance of that city entitled “An ordinance regulating motor trucks and motor vehicles rented by the day, hour or otherwise, when no driver or chauffeur is furnished.” The magistrate found Nolan guilty and imposed upon him a fine of $10 and costs. Nolan appealed to the circuit court of Winnebago county, and upon a trial in that court without a jury he was found not guilty. The city prosecutes this appeal, the validity of a municipal ordinance being…