State v. Osborne

— The defendants were brought to trial upon an indictment for a public offense stated or described as follows:

“That the said L. M. Osborne and W. A. Tuttle, on the 20th day of September, A. D. 1913, in the county aforesaid, not being resident merchants therein, did unlawfully then and there engage in, do and transact a temporary or transient business in the city of Indianola, Iowa, as transient merchants by selling goods, wares and merchandise therein, to wit, buggies, on the aforesaid date, and did unlawfully for the purpose of carrying on such temporary business occupy a building in the…