Shelton v. Mayor of Mobile

Appeal from tbe City Court of Mobile. Tried before tbe Hon. Alex. McEjjststry. The appellant in this case was fined $20 by tbe mayor of tbe city of Mobile, for an alleged violation of a municipal ordinance, wbicb prohibited, under a penalty of $20 for each offense, “all hawking and peddling about the streets of tbe city of meat, game, poultry, vegetables, or any other article or commodity usually sold or vended in tbe market.” On tbe trial in tbe city court, to wbicb tbe defendant removed tbe case, “tbe plaintiff proved that tbe defendant, after tbe passage of said ordinance, peddled meat in…