State v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. Thos. B. Harvet, Esq., Special Judge. This prosecution began in the St. Louis court of _ criminal correction. The amended information, on which the case was tried, reads as follows: “ State oe Missouri, ) gg “City of “In the St. Louis court of criminal correction, St. Louis, March 26, 1886. “ State of Missouri, Plaintiff, ) Charged with acting v. as a private detective “ Charles Bennett, Defendant. ) without a license.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. Thos. B. Harvet, Esq., Special Judge. This prosecution began in the St. Louis court of _ criminal correction. The amended information, on which the case was tried, reads as follows: “ State oe Missouri, ) gg “City of “In the St. Louis court of criminal correction, St. Louis, March 26, 1886. “ State of Missouri, Plaintiff, ) Charged with acting v. as a private detective “ Charles Bennett, Defendant. ) without a license. “Bernard Dierkes,' assistant prosecuting attorney of the St. Louis court of criminal correction, now here in court, on…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
— The question for first consideration is the constitutional one upon which the case has been brought to this court.
The prosecution is founded on the following statute, viz.: “Sec. 2. The police commissioners of the city of St. Louis shall have power to regulate and license all private watchmen, private detectives and private policemen, serving or acting as such in the city or county of *363St. .Louis, and no person shall act as such private watchman, private detective, or private policemen in said city or county without first having obtained the written license of the president or acting…
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