State v. Hoffman

— The defendant was charged in the court helow, tried and found guilty of going from place to place in the county of Jasper, and selling goods, wares and merchandise as a peddler, without having a license therefor as provided for in chapter 125, Revised, Statutes, 1889. From the judgment imposing a fine the defendant has appealed to this court.

The decisive question is whether, under the facts detailed in evidence, the business transacted by the. defendant constituted him a peddler within the meaning of the statute. At the time complained of defendant Hoffman was in the employ of Conroy &…