Supreme Court of the United States January 4, 1886 (Presser v. Illinois)

Mr. Justice Woods

delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in. the language above reported,, he continued:

The position of the plaintiff in error in this court was, that the entire statute under which he was convicted was invalid and void, because its enactment was the exercise of a power by the legislature of Illinois forbidden to the States by the Constitution of the United