City of Monmouth v. Popel
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. C. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. C. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is an action for debt brought, by the appellant, the city of Monmouth, against the appellees, Popel and G-iller, to recover from the latter a penalty for the alleged violation of an ordinance of the said city, entitled, “An ordinance relating to the sale, gift or delivery of intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed or fermented liquor.” The declaration contains three counts; the first count charges, that the appellees within…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The. first question in the case is, whether or not section 1 of the ordinance of June, 1897, is valid. Counsel for the city admits in his brief that no other section of the ordinance in question has been violated. Said section 1 is as follows:
“Whoever, not having a license to keep a dram-shop or druggist permit, shall, by himself or another, either as principal, agent, servant, clerk or otherwise, directly or indirectly, sell or give away, in any quantity, to any person, any intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed or fermented liquors, shall for each and every offense be fined in any sum not less…
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