City of Chicago v. Clark

The appellant (hereinafter called the defendant) was charged in the municipal court of the city of Chicago with the violation of section 4215 of the revised Chicago code of 1931. That section provides as follows: “Every common, ill-governed or disorderly house, room or other premises, kept for the encouragement of idleness, gaming, drinking, fornication or other misbehavior, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the keeper and all persons connected with the maintenance thereof, and all persons patronizing or frequenting the same, shall be fined not exceeding $200 for each offense.”…