State v. Nelson

Citations

• 10 Idaho 522
• 79 P. 79
• 67 L.R.A. 808
• 1905 Ida. LEXIS 1

Syllabus

<p>Okdijstances or Cities Unconstitutional When — Mat Prohibit Women from Entering Saloons for Immoral Purposes — Reasonableness of Pine for Violation.</p> <p>1. An ordinance tliat provides: “It shall be unlawful for any person maintaining any saloon, barroom or drinking-shop, or any apartment thereto attached, to permit females to enter their said places of business,” is unconstitutional.</p> <p>2. A city may by ordinance prohibit females from entering places where intoxicating liquors are sold for immoral purposes.</p> <p>3. An ordinance that provides a punishment by fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, or by imprisonment in the city jail for not less than ten days nor more than sixty days for violation of an ordinance that prohibits females from entering their places of business for immoral purposes, is not void or unconstitutional, for the reason that it is unreasonable or oppressive.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>