Ward v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The nature of the ease is fully presented in the opinion of the Court. The law under consideration requires the non-resident to pay for his license to sell goods by sample, &c., the sum of three hundred dollars, which is twice as large a sum as it exacts from the resident engaged — whether selling by sample or otherwise — in the most extensive mercantile transactions. Code of Pub. Geni.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The nature of the ease is fully presented in the opinion of the Court. The law under consideration requires the non-resident to pay for his license to sell goods by sample, &c., the sum of three hundred dollars, which is twice as large a sum as it exacts from the resident engaged — whether selling by sample or otherwise — in the most extensive mercantile transactions. Code of Pub. Geni. Laws, Art. 56, see. 55. The power to exact from the non-resident more money for a license to sell goods than from the resident, involves the power to prohibit…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The appellant was indicted for that, not being a permanent resident of this State, he did, on the 4th of Decern*283ber, 1868, sell, by sample, within the limits of Baltimore city, certain goods, wares, and merchandise, described in the indictment, other than agricultural products and articles manufactured in the State of Maryland, without first obtaining a license so to do, contrary to the provisions of the Act of 1868, ch. 413. It was admitted that the appellant, being at the time a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of and residing in the State of New Jersey, did commit the act and…
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