City of Ottawa v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On May 29, 1905, Mary Johnson was convicted in the police court of the violation of an or*166dinance of a city of the second class. On the same day, for the purpose of effecting an appeal to the district court, she presented a bond for her appearance at the next term thereof, signed by herself but by no other person. The police judge indorsed his approval upon the bond, and the defendant was discharged from custody. At the next term of the district court, in September, she appeared for trial, and the prosecution moved to dismiss the appeal upon…