Washington v. Thompson

OPINION

By RANKIN, J.

This is an appeal on questions of law from the judgment of the police court of the city of Washington. In the court below the defendant, appellant herein, was tried and convicted upon an affidavit which charged that “on or about the 27th day of October, 1948, one Charles Thompson unlawfully did go in and upon a private residence property ** for the purpose of soliciting orders for goods, to-wit: photographs, not having first been invited by the owner thereof so to do.’”

This charge was preferred under ordinance No. 383, enacted April 13, 1938, which provides:

“That the…