State v. Mitchell

The defendant presents the following question for determination:

“Is a journeyman plumber, duly licensed under the ordinances of a municipality, who furnishes no materials, supplies, or fixtures, but merely works at his trade as a plumber for an hourly wage, engaged in carrying on the business of plumbing and heating contracting, within the provisions of chapter 52 of the Public Laws of 1931, as amended by chapter 224, Public Laws 1939 ?”

He likewise challenges the constitutionality of the law under which he stands indicted for that it is contrary to the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment…