City of Chicago v. Waters

In the municipal court of Chicago separate proceedings were instituted by the city of Chicago against Isaac Waters, Marcus Hauge and Frank Gorman for the violation of section 2947 of the revised code of Chicago of 1931. The cases were separately tried on the same day without a jury, each defendant was found guilty and judgment was entered against him. In each case the trial judge certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance was involved and in his opinion the public interest required a direct appeal to this court. Each defendant perfected his appeal and the three cases were…