Legal Opinion
Gundling v. Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1900No. 209PublishedCited by 310 opinions
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The plaintiff in error was convicted in a police court of the city of Chicago of a violation of an ordinance of that city forbidding the sale of cigarettes by any person without a license, and was fined fifty dollars. From the judgment of conviction he appealed to the Criminal Court of Cook County, where it was affirmed, and thence to the Supreme Court of the State, where it was again affirmed, and he now brings the case here on writ of error.
Sections 1, 2 and 8 of the ordinance referred to read as follows:
“ Sec. 1. The mayor of the city of Chicago shall from time to time grant licenses…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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