City of Lebanon v. Gordon
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — How. L. B. Woodside, Judge. STATEMENT. The plaintiff filed the following complaint before John A. Pond, police judge, of the city of Lebanon (a city of the fourth class), to-wit: “The City of Lebanon, Missouri, plaintiff, v. Wil-' liam Gordon, defendant.
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Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — How. L. B. Woodside, Judge. STATEMENT. The plaintiff filed the following complaint before John A. Pond, police judge, of the city of Lebanon (a city of the fourth class), to-wit: “The City of Lebanon, Missouri, plaintiff, v. Wil-' liam Gordon, defendant. “John Cum, being duly sworn, on oath states that William Gordon, on or about the 27th.day of July, 1901, and within the corporate limits of the said city of Lebanon, did then and there unlawfully and willfully violate sections 1 and 28 of ordinance No. 172, entitled and •concerning misdemeanors, by then…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
1. The circuit court seems to have been of the opinion that a city of the fourth class is without power to pass an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for one to exhibit himself in a public place in a city in a drunken condition, for the reason that the Legislature had not seen fit to make it an offense against the State for one to publicly exhibit himself while in such condition.
Section 5957, Revised Statutes 1899, among other powers confers upon the mayor and board of aldermen of a city of the fourth class power to “enact and ordain any and all oidinances not repugnant to the Constitution and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Reid v. WalbridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- City of St. Louis v. SchoenbuschSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Green v. DitschSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- State v. MuirSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Sweitzer v. Allen Banking Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1898
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