People v. Russell

An ordinance of the city of Coldwater provides, among other things, that “ no person shall hawlc or peddle any meat, goods, wares or merchandise from door to door within the limits of the city of Coldwater without a license from the mayor.” For the license, when not for the sale of meat, fifteen dollars is required to be paid for one year, or three dollars for one day.

The defendant has been convicted under this ordinance, on evidence that without license he traveled from door to door in said city and sold a clothes-wringer. The clothes-wringers were manufactured by the defendant at Sturgis,…