Raker v. Village of Maquon

This was a prosecution under the ordinances of the Village of Maquon, and a finding and judgment against the defendant.

The record purports to contain all the evidence introduced upon the trial below, and we have carefully examined it and failed to find any evidence tending to show that the ordinance alleged to have been violated was in force at the time of the commission of the alleged offense. It is indispensable that the evidence should show that the law was in force at the time the act complained of was committed. Newland v. Aurora, 14 Ill. 364.

The publication of the ordinances was by…