State v. Great Western Coffee & Tea Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Willis H. Clark, Judge. It may have been the intent and design of those interested in the passage of this act to have drawn it in such a way as' to induce the legislators, by the title, to believe that the act extended only to those engaged in the preparation or manufacture of baking powder, and that it did not in any way affect retail grocers who deal in the baking powder, or the citizens of Missouri who use it,…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Willis H. Clark, Judge. It may have been the intent and design of those interested in the passage of this act to have drawn it in such a way as' to induce the legislators, by the title, to believe that the act extended only to those engaged in the preparation or manufacture of baking powder, and that it did not in any way affect retail grocers who deal in the baking powder, or the citizens of Missouri who use it, while at the same time, by the body of the act, they may have designed it to extend to the retailer, as well as to the…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This prosecution was begun under an act approved May 11,1899, and found on page 170 of Laws of 1899; and the information, omitting the caption and oath, reads as follows:
*638“H. A. Clover, Jr., prosecuting attorney of the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction,- now here in court, on behalf of the State of Missouri, information makes as follows: That Great Western Coffee and Tea Company, a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, duly organized and doing business in this State, did in the city of St. Louis, on the 6th day of July, 1901, unlawfully sell and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. WeitzelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. MeadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- State v. BockstruckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- State v. BarrettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- State v. BurgdoerferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Ex parte KnightSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
- State Ex Inf. Atty. Gen. v. HedrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- State ex rel. Wiles v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- State v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- State Ex Rel. Wells v. WalkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
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