Hot Springs v. Curry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Duppie, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, being a drummer or solicitor for the Palmyra Hotel in the city of Hot Springs, was charged in its police court with a violation of section 4 of an ordinance passed November 2, 1893, by not wearing a badge, as prescribed by said ordinance, while being engaged in or plying his business.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Duppie, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, being a drummer or solicitor for the Palmyra Hotel in the city of Hot Springs, was charged in its police court with a violation of section 4 of an ordinance passed November 2, 1893, by not wearing a badge, as prescribed by said ordinance, while being engaged in or plying his business. On appeal to the circuit court the case was submitted to the trial judge, sitting as a jury, upon the following agreed statement of facts: “It is agreed, for the purpose of submitting the question of law arising…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The circuit court adjudged the ■ defendant not guilty “because section 4 of said ordinance was unreasonable and void.” The ordinance was enacted in accordance with the terms of an express proviso by the act of the general assembly, in which it is provided that “they (the council) shall have power” “to regulate drumming or soliciting persons who arrive on trains, or otherwise, for hotels, boarding houses, bath houses or doctors; to license such drummers, and to provide that each drummer shall wear a badge plainly exposed to view, showing for whom, and for…
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