State Ex Rel. Igoe v. Joynt

This is an ■ original proceeding in prohibition against Honorable John W. Joynt, a judge of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. On November 30, 1936, one' Sid O. Martin ’filed a petition in that court asking for a temporary restraining order and also that a hearing be had and thereafter a permanent injunction be issued against the members of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of St. Louis and members of the Poliee Department. In his petition Martin states that in his business he. owns and operates certain devices known as “rotary merchandisers” which, he alleges, are…