Sinclair v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Plaintiff in error was prosecuted by information in the Police Court of the District of Columbia, for a violation of an act of Congress, approved February 2, 1899, entitled “An act for the prevention of smoke in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” 30 Stat. .812, c. 79, and was found and adjudged guilty, and sentenced “to pay a fine of fifty dollars and in default to be committed to the workhouse for the term of ninety days.” The judgment'was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 20 D. C. App. -336, brought here on error, and argued on the merits and on…
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