City of New Orleans v. Rinaldi

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bbeaux, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment condemning the appellant and defendant to pay a fine of five dollars, or, in default of payment of this fine, to be imprisoned for ten days for the alleged violation of a city ordinance. The Mayor of the city issued a notice which was duly served on the defendant and which was signed June 26th, 1900. On the 27th day of July following, one of the police officers of the city filed an affidavit against the defendant containing a reference to the ordinance which he swore defendant had violated. The defendant was…