State v. Myers

The defendant was indicted for dealing in bills of exchange &c., &c. without having obtained a license so to do. He was convicted of the charge, and now relies for reversal on the point that the court improperly excluded evidence offered by him, to show that he had made due application to the collector in the manner required by law and had tendered him the requisite sum of money, but the officer refused to issue a license as it was his duty to do. There was no error in rejecting such evidence.

The law (Wagn. Stat. § 1, p. 247) applies to all who carry on the business of dealing in, or buying,…