Dewitt v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Eeeoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Shawano county: JohN Goodla1íí:d>- Circuit Judge. Tliis is a writ' of error, to review a conviction of plaintiff in error of the offense of conducting the business of peddling without a license contrary to the statute, see. 1570, Stats. 1911, which provides .that “No person shall engage in or follow the business or occupation of a hawker or peddler within this state without having first obtained a license for that purpose…
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Eeeoe to review a judgment of the circuit court for Shawano county: JohN Goodla1íí:d>- Circuit Judge. Tliis is a writ' of error, to review a conviction of plaintiff in error of the offense of conducting the business of peddling without a license contrary to the statute, see. 1570, Stats. 1911, which provides .that “No person shall engage in or follow the business or occupation of a hawker or peddler within this state without having first obtained a license for that purpose as provided in sections 1570 to 1584i, inclusive.” The accused was in due form, charged under sec. 1570, Stats. 1911. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
Counsel for plaintiff in error urges several reasons why the 'conviction complained of is wrong. No one of them involves a new question. It is said that sec. 1570, Stats., is unconstitutional; but this court has re*251peatedly passed upon similar legislation to tbe contrary. Morrill v. State, 38 Wis. 428; Servonitz v. State, 133 Wis. 231, 113 N. W. 277; Monroe v. Endelman, 150 Wis. 621, 138 N. W. 70.
It is next said plaintiff in error, because of having a fixed place of abode in this state and place for accumulating merchandise from which to stock his wagon from time to time, was not a peddler…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Servonitz v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Morrill v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- City of Monroe v. EndelmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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