Cannon v. Mayor of Americus

The writ of error is sued out to review the judgment of the superior court refusing to sanction a petition for certiorari. There is no allegation in the petition that the applicant had given bond or made a pauper’s affidavit in lieu of bond, but accompanying the petition is the following certificate, signed by the presiding officer of the police court in which the plaintiff in error was convicted: “I, J. E. Mathis, the recorder who presided in the above-stated case, certify that, no costs having accrued, none are due by the defendant, the said J. P. Cannon. I further certify that he has given…