St. Charles v. Hackman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. The ordinance of the city referred to in the opinion of the division is as follows: — “An ordinance providing for licensing and regulating meat shops or market places in the city of St. Charles, and State of Missouri.
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Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. The ordinance of the city referred to in the opinion of the division is as follows: — “An ordinance providing for licensing and regulating meat shops or market places in the city of St. Charles, and State of Missouri. “Be it Ordained by the city of St. Charles, in the State of Missouri, as follows: “Section 1. No person, firm, corporation or association of persons shall open or keep in the city of St. Charles, in the State of Missouri, a meat shop or market place without first having obtained a license therefor from the city…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
This action was begun before the recorder of St. Charles to enforce the penalty of a bylaw or ordinance of that city.
The defendants at the outset were Frank Hack-man, senior, and Frank Hackman, junior.
The complaint was made by the city attorney, on the information of the city collector, charging defendants (in substance) with the breach of an ordinance, in that they kept a meat shop or market place in the city without having first obtained a license, etc.
*640In the recorder’s court a verdict was rendered acquitting the elder Hackman; but the junior was found guilty by a jury, a fine was imposed…
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