State v. Wells

'Wallace, J.

The indictment is for a violation of chapter 76, Laws 1897, entitled, “ An act in relation to hawkers and peddlers.” Section 1 provides that “ No person shall do any business as a hawker or peddler, or go about from town to town, or from place to place in the same town, exposing for sale or selling any goods, wares, or merchandise,” except certain kinds of property therein named, without a license. It is apparent from the title of the act and from its terms that it was designed to affect hawkers and peddlers, and to regulate their business. The language used expresses the…