Mathews v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P, Dunne, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment against the plaintiff in error for operating a private employment agency for hire in the city of Chicago ydthout first having procured a license from the Secretary of State, and without having .given a bond in the penal sum of $1000.00, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of a private employment agent, as required by section 10 of an act of the…
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P, Dunne, Judge, presiding. This is an indictment against the plaintiff in error for operating a private employment agency for hire in the city of Chicago ydthout first having procured a license from the Secretary of State, and without having .given a bond in the penal sum of $1000.00, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of a private employment agent, as required by section 10 of an act of the General Assembly, entitled “An act to create free employment offices in cities of certain designated populations, and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
The question involved in this case, arising out of the refusal of the trial court to hold certain propositions of law submitted by the plaintiff in error, is the constitutionality of the “act to create free employment offices in cities of certain designated populations,” etc., as set forth in the statement preceding this opinion.
Section 8 of the act in question contains the following extraordinary provision:, “In no case shall the superintendent of any free employment office, created by this act, furnish or cause to be furnished, workmen or other employes to any applicant for help, whose…
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