Robinson v. City of Memphis

*600The City Court of Memphis adjudged Robinson guilty of violating Section 152 of its Code, and directed that he pay a fine of $50, or go to jail. When the case was called for trial in the Circuit Court to which Robinson had appealed he did not appear. Accordingly, the judgment of the City Court was affirmed. Robinson then moved to arrest this judgment on the ground that it was void in law in that the warrant upon which the judgment was based did not afford him reasonable notice of the offense with which it purported to charge him. The case is here on Robinson’s appeal in error from the action…