Sweet v. City of Wabash

—The common council of the city of Wabash, which was incorporated under the act of 1867, passed an ordinance requiring all persons engaged in retailing intoxicating liquors in said city to obtain a license from said city, and to pay therefor the sum of three hundred dollars, and imposing penalties for the violation of such ordinance.

The appellant was prosecuted and convicted before the mayor of said city for a violation of said ordinance, from which judgment he appealed to the common pleas, in which court he was again convicted. The court overruled motions for a new trial and in arrest of…