The People v. Alterie

The question in this case concerns the validity of an amendment to the Vagrancy act, approved July 6, 1933. Plaintiff in error was convicted under that amendment in the municipal court of Chicago and brings the cause here, contending that it violates the due process clauses of the State and Federal constitutions. The amendment is as follows: “All persons who, not being persons authorized by law to carry concealed upon or about their persons, deadly weapons, are reputed to be habitual violators of criminal laws of this State or of the United States, or to habitually carry concealed on or about…