City of Ottawa v. Bodley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J. :

Clarence Bodley appeals from a conviction for the violation of a city ordinance regulating hackmen and the drivers of other vehicles at the railway depots in Ottawa. Under the ordinance, the city marshal designated the positions to be occupied by each hack and vehicle while the drivers were waiting for passengers, but Bodley, a licensed hack-man, ignored the order and went to another place, near an arriving train, where he secured a passenger in pursuance of a former appointment made with the passenger.

Ottawa is a city of the second…