Levi v. City of Anniston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Violating Municipal Ordinance. Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman Jr. . Walter Levi ivas convicted of dealing in junk, contrary to an ordinance of tlie City of Anniston, and appeals. Walter Levi was prosecuted for violation of ordinance No. 867 of the city of Anniston, and on appeal to the city court he was again convicted.
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Violating Municipal Ordinance. Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman Jr. . Walter Levi ivas convicted of dealing in junk, contrary to an ordinance of tlie City of Anniston, and appeals. Walter Levi was prosecuted for violation of ordinance No. 867 of the city of Anniston, and on appeal to the city court he was again convicted. Ordinance No. 867 is as follows: “An ordinance requiring all parties selling articles known as junk to obtain a certificate from the chief of police before offering the same for sale, and prohibiting junk dealers from purchasing any such…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, C. J.
The appellant, a dealer in junlt, was convicted for violating an ordinance of the city of Annis-ton regulating the selling and pur chasing, of junk or secondhand goods or articles of a certain character described in the ordinance. He is charged with having purchased one of the articles named in the ordinance from a person who had not complied with its requirement as to having a certificate from the chief of police of that city. Under the ordinance, every person who sells or offers for sale any junk or secondhand goods or articles of a designated description, except persons or corporations…
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