Vines v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Indictment for Peddling Sewing ''Machines without License. Whit of Error to Jefferson Circuit Court. Tried before 3Ion. W. S. Mudd. Appellant was indicted at the fall term, 1879,'of ilie Circuit Court of Jefferson county. The indictment charged him with “ engaging in or carrying on the business or profession of peddling sewing machines, without first having paid for and taken out a license therefor.”
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Indictment for Peddling Sewing ''Machines without License. Whit of Error to Jefferson Circuit Court. Tried before 3Ion. W. S. Mudd. Appellant was indicted at the fall term, 1879,'of ilie Circuit Court of Jefferson county. The indictment charged him with “ engaging in or carrying on the business or profession of peddling sewing machines, without first having paid for and taken out a license therefor.” No errors are asigned on the record, and the written briefs of counsel, which are on file, do not discuss the constitutionality of the . statute recited in the opinion of the court, but are…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, O. J.
— The appellant was indicted for peddling sewing machines without license. The statute (Code of 1876, § 494), requires that licenses for certain occupations shall be obtained, and fixes the sum to be paid for each license. The eighth subdivision of the section reads as follows, viz.: “ Eor peddlers in a wagon, forty dollars ; for peddlers on a horse, twenty dollars; for peddlers on foot, ten dollars. A peddler’s license shall entitle him to peddle only in the county where it is taken out; but this shall not apply to any articles produced or manufactured in this State, except as…
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