Guinther v. City of Milwaukee

When a certain act may be lawfully prosecuted under a state statute and under an ordinance, a conviction under either does not bar prosecution under the other. Ogden v. Madison, 111 Wis. 413, 87 N. W. 568. Municipal ordinances aimed at the suppression of disorder and crime as well as those which are regulatory and directed against acts not offenses against the state may be valid enactments. As a matter of fact, these defendants have not been charged with any offense under the state law because of the acts here involved. There is no challenge to the validity of the ordinance under which these…