City of Chicazgo v. Rhine

The question presented for decision is the validity of ordinance No. 974 of the city of Chicago, which prohibits the sale, offering or exposing for sale or soliciting to purchase any article, daily newspapers excepted, on any street, alley or public place in two certain restricted territories specifically defined in the ordinance but which may be referred to as the Loop and the Wilson avenue districts, respectively. An amended complaint was filed in the municipal court on June 13, 1935, which charged the defendant with violating the ordinance by unlawfully and willfully offering to sell, and…