Taylor v. City of Sandersville

After conviction before the mayor of the City of Sandersville, Taylor sued out a writ of certiorari. On the hearing before the judge of the superior court the certiorari was overruled. Taylor excepted. From the petition and the answer of the mayor it appeared that Taylor was convicted of a violation of a municipal •ordinance making it penal for any person “to be found idling, loitering, or loafing upon the streets of the City of Sandersville.”

1. The petition for certiorari alleged that the conviction was illegal and contrary to law, because no ordinance making it penal to idle, loiter, or…