City of Chicago v. Vokes

By separate complaints filed in the municipal court of Chicago, Robert G. Voices, Ben D. Harmon, Allah M. Hoffman, Edward Plotter, Robert H. Moroz, and Ralph A. Olmos, all taxi drivers, were charged with transporting passengers for hire without a proper license in violation of section 28 — 3 of Chicago’s municipal code, and upon hearing each was adjudged guilty and fined the sum of $60. A constitutional question being involved, the defendants have appealed directly to this court for review.

The facts in each case are virtually identical. The defendants were employed by either the Evanston Cab…