Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
3. The contention that the act may be justified on the ground that it applies only to persons traveling on railroads, and that it tends to secure the comfort of other passengers, is untenable. It is an invasion of the right of freedom of speech. Cooley’s Const. Lim. (6 Ed.), 510-518. 4. The act deprives the citizen of the equal protection of the law. 118 U. S. 368; 165 U. S. 150; 174 U. S. 96; 13 Fed. 733; 24 Am.
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3. The contention that the act may be justified on the ground that it applies only to persons traveling on railroads, and that it tends to secure the comfort of other passengers, is untenable. It is an invasion of the right of freedom of speech. Cooley’s Const. Lim. (6 Ed.), 510-518. 4. The act deprives the citizen of the equal protection of the law. 118 U. S. 368; 165 U. S. 150; 174 U. S. 96; 13 Fed. 733; 24 Am. Dec. 512; 183 U. S. 791 184 U. S. 555; 75 Ark. 545; 72 Ark. 358; 185 111. 139; 65 Conn. 478; 117 111. 294; 155 111. 88; 141 111. 171; 147 111. 66. The act only amounts to a…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCuiaoch, J.
Appellant Williams is the keeper of a boarding house in the city of Hot Springs, and he appeals to this court from a judgment of conviction for drumming on a railroad train for his boarding house, in violation of a statute enacted by the General Assembly April 30, 1907. The section of this statute which it becomes important to consider is as follows.
“Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, except as hereinafter provided in section 2 of this act, to drum or solicit business.or patronage for any hotel, lodging house, eating house, bath house, physician, masseur, surgeon,…
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