City of St. Louis v. Gloner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Hiram N. Moore, Judge. (1) The city of St. Lords is given power by its charter “to construct and keep in repair all bridges, streets, sewers and drains, and to regulate the use thereof.” Charter, art. 3-, sec. 26, cl. 2. The power which the State primarily has over streets and highways in the State or. in any city of the State has in St. Louis been delegated to that city.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Hiram N. Moore, Judge. (1) The city of St. Lords is given power by its charter “to construct and keep in repair all bridges, streets, sewers and drains, and to regulate the use thereof.” Charter, art. 3-, sec. 26, cl. 2. The power which the State primarily has over streets and highways in the State or. in any city of the State has in St. Louis been delegated to that city. State ex rel. v. Railroad, 151 Mo. 183. The words “to regulate the use thereof” are of broad import and confer comprehensive power upon the city. Sluder v. Railroad, 189…
1Opinion of the Court
BITRGrESS, J. —
This was a prosecution under section 1460 of - the Municipal Code of the city of St. Louis, which reads as follows:
“Any person who shall, on Sunday or any other day of the week, disturb the peace by any noisy, riotous or disorderly conduct in any park, street, alley, highway, thoroughfare or other public place or public resort for pleasure or amusement or other purposes, or any person or persons who shall lounge, stand or loaf around or about or at street corners or other public places, in the day or night time, or who shall use indecent, loud or profane language on the public…
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