People ex rel. Sontag v. Kruse
Illinois Circuit Court
Habeas corpus. Superior court of Cook county. Gen. No. 202,274. Heard before Judges Holdom, Brentano and Stein, sitting en borne.
1Opinion of the Court
Holdom, J.:
This habeas corpus proceeding brings no for consideration and determination the constitutionality'of the so-called “Flag Law Statute,” being an act passed by the legislature of the state and approved by the governor April 22, 1899, containing five sections and entitled “An act to prohibit the use of the national flag or emblem for any commercial purposes or as an advertising medium.”1
Relator was arrested on five warrants issued by 0. II. Mc-Conoughey, a Cook county justice of the peace, for alleged violations of this act. Relator is the agent at Chicago of the Anheuser-Busch…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ritchie v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Town of Lake View v. Rose Hill Cemetery Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Eden v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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