State v. Glavin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Prosecution for a violation of an ordinance of the city of New London relating to peddlers; brought to the Police Court of said city, and thence by defendant’s appeal to the criminal term of the Court of Common Pleas for New London County, and tried to the jury before Noyes, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Prosecution for a violation of an ordinance of the city of New London relating to peddlers; brought to the Police Court of said city, and thence by defendant’s appeal to the criminal term of the Court of Common Pleas for New London County, and tried to the jury before Noyes, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. I. No ordinance can be considered reasonable, that vests in the mayor or common council the power to discriminate unfairly between persons equally…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The defendant was prosecuted in the Police Court of the city of New London, upon a complaint made by the prosecuting attorney of that city, charging “ that John T. Glavin, of said city, on the 11th day of July, A. D. 1895, with force and arms, at said city, did peddle, vend and *33sell iii Potter Street in said city, and from house to house in said city, merchandise, to wit: wringing machines, lamps, and other merchandise, not the product of farms of this State, or fish taken in the waters thereof, without a license from the mayor or Court of Common Council of said city, against the peace, of…
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