Village of Cerro Gordo v. Rawlings

Citations

• 135 Ill. 36
• 25 N.E. 1006

Syllabus

<p>1. Peddlers—who regarded as peddlers—of persons soliciting orders. Certain village authorities adopted an ordinance prohibiting “peddling, hawking,’’ etc., without obtaining a peddler’s license; and the ordinance further provided, that persons canvassing or taking orders for - books, pictures, publications or other articles, should be deemed within the prohibition, and be required to take out a peddler’s license.</p> <p>2. Upon a prosecution under the ordinance, it was shown that the defendant went about the village carrying a case containing samples of sugar, tea, coffee, etc., and that he took orders for goods, addressed to a certain business firm at another plaqe, by whom the orders were to be filled and the goods sent by express, O. 0. D., to the persons giving the orders, and the person so soliciting the orders represented that he was the authorized agent of that firm: Held, that this mode of doing business did not constitute the defendant a peddler, and could not be required to take out a license as such.</p>