State v. Thayer

This is an appeal from a judgment of the criminal court of Jackson county, at Kansas City, imposing a fine of $100 upon the defendant, convicted in that court, upon the information of the prosecuting attorney, of a misdemeanor, in violating the. act of the General Assembly “approved May 16th, 1899,” entitled, “Department Stores in cities with 50,000 inhabitants or over.” [2 R. S. 1899, ch. 91, art. 18; Laws of 1899, p. 72.] The case was advanced and beard with the case of State ex rel. Wyatt v. Ashbrook, 154 Mo. 375, in which that act was held to be unconstitutional. So that the only question…