State v. Ashman

The deféndant, a nonresident of Tennessee, was indicted for the violation of chapter 560' of the published *656Acts of 1909 prohibiting nonresidents from engaging in the business of taking pearl mnssels or other shell fish, for profit, in the waters of this State without first obtaining a permit or license from the clerk of the county court of the county where said waters are located, and payment of the privilege tax imposed upon nonresidents engaged in that business. The indictment, on the motion of the defendant was quashed, upon the ground that the statute contravened article 4, section 2, of…