City of Chicago v. Foley

Appellant, the city of Chicago, instituted in the municipal court of Chicago a quasi criminal prosecution against appellee, J. Foley, for a violation of section 59 of the city’s vehicular ordinance of May 16, 1927. The complaint charged that appellee on the 20th day of June, 1928, on public streets in the city of Chicago, operated a self-propelled four-wheeled freight-carrying vehicle, the gross weight of the vehicle and load thereof being in excess of the amount authorized by section 59 of the city ordinance. The. case was tried before the court and a jury. At the conclusion of appellant’s…