City of St. Louis v. Young

Defendant (claiming the ordinance was invalid on many grounds) was convicted in the police court of St. Louis for violating certain sections of ordinance 22998 of that city, regulating hospitals, lying-in establishments, lock-hospitals, etc. [Woerner’s Revised Code of St. Louis 1907, p. 1142.] He appealed to the Court of Criminal Correction, where, again convicted, he was fined $100 and costs. Appealing to this court, and raising a group of grave and interesting questions, he, preparatory to a hearing, filed a printed abstract of the record, as in duty bound to do under our rules. His…