Quay v. Cheboygan Circuit Judge

Prior to July 34, 1907, one Walter Down was engaged in the retail liquor business in Cheboygan county. A complaint was made against him and presented to David H. Crowley, a justice of the peace, who declined to issue a warrant, for the reason that Mr. Down had filed a liquor bond with a surety company as surety, duly approved, according to the provisions of an act, entitled “An act relative to regulation of the liquor traffic,” etc., approved May 1, 1907. (Act No. 507, Local Acts 1907.)

It was the claim of the prosecuting attorney that said act was unconstitutional, and he applied to the judge…