City of St. Louis v. Bender
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Won. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) Defendant was not an apprentice, within the meaning of that term as used in the ordinance, because he was not a minor, bound by indentures for a fixed time, to learn from his master the trade of plumbing. Sbc. 1679, R. S. 1909; 2 Kent, 211; 1 Bouvier, 159; 1 Blaekstone, 526. (2) The construction of an ordinance is for the court. Barton v. Odessa, 109 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Won. Wilson A. Taylor, Judge. (1) Defendant was not an apprentice, within the meaning of that term as used in the ordinance, because he was not a minor, bound by indentures for a fixed time, to learn from his master the trade of plumbing. Sbc. 1679, R. S. 1909; 2 Kent, 211; 1 Bouvier, 159; 1 Blaekstone, 526. (2) The construction of an ordinance is for the court. Barton v. Odessa, 109 Mo. App. 82. (3) The general rules for the construction of statutes apply with equal force to the construction of ordinances. Holman v. City of Macon, 155' Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtGrRAYBS, J.
This cause had its origin in the police court in and for the city of St. Louis, by information as follows:
To the Police Justice of the Second District Police Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, March 20, 1908.
State of Missouri, \ gg City of St. Louis. I
City of St. Louis, March 19, A. D. 1908.
Cus Bender.
To The City of St. Louis, Dr,
To one hundred dollars for the violation of an ordinance of said city, being Ordinance No. 23007, Chapter —, Article —, Section 10.
Approved April 1, 1907.
In This, To-wit: In the city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, on the 19th day of March, 1908, the said…
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