State v. Cobb
Decision Date | 16 May 1905 |
Citation | 113 Mo. App. 156,87 S.W. 551 |
Parties | STATE v. COBB. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
2. Laws 1903, p. 163, § 4, provides that every person "desiring" to operate any automobile propelled by steam, etc., shall obtain a license from the license commissioner if in a city, or, if "desired" to operate in any county outside the corporate limits of such city, shall obtain a license from the county clerk. Held, that an indictment for violating such section, substantially following the language thereof, was not objectionable for failure to contain the word "desire."
3. Under Laws 1903, p. 163, § 4, providing that any person desiring to operate an automobile in a city must procure a license from the license commissioner thereof, and if he desires to operate it in the county outside the city limits he shall procure a license from the county clerk of such county, an automobile owner is required to take out a license in each and every county over the roads of which he desires to run his automobile.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ralls County; David H. Eby, Judge.
R. W. Cobb was convicted of running an automobile without license, and he appeals. Affirmed.
The defendant was charged by an indictment preferred by the grand jury of Ralls county with running an automobile propelled by gasoline power over the streets of New London, a city in said county, and over the public roads of said county, without having a license permitting him so to do. Defendant moved to quash the indictment on the following grounds: The motion to quash was overruled, and the issues were submitted to the court (a jury being waived) on the following agreed statement of facts: ...
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