Swift v. City of Topeka

Opinion by

Simpson, C.:

W. E. Swift was convicted in the police court of the city of Topeka of violating § 17 of the ordinance of said city, No. 861, and fined the sum of one dollar and costs. From this conviction he appealed to the district court of Shawnee county, where a jury was waived, and *672a trial had by the court that resulted iu his conviction, and a fine of one dollar and costs imposed. He brings the case here for review, and alleges the invalidity of the ordinance as a cause for reversal. Section 17 of the ordinance in question reads as follows:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to…