Sidelsky v. City of Atlantic City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The writ removes the conviction of the prosecutor before the recorder of Atlantic City, for violation of an ordinance intended to prevent the obstruction of the streets of that city. The prosecutor contests the legality of the conviction upon the ground, inter alia, that on the 17 th day of June, 1912, he became a duly licensed vender, under the provisions of an ordinance of the city known as the “Mercantile ordinance,” which he insists in effect authorized him to travel from place to place in the city in pursuit of his business of selling…