Taylor v. Reynolds

Belcher, C.

The plaintiff was convicted in a justice’s court of the violation of a municipal ordinance of the city of San José-, and sentenced to paya fine of thirty dollars, or be imprisoned in the city prison for thirty days. He appealed the case to the superior court of the county, where the judgment was reversed and a new trial granted. Thereafter the case was set down for trial in that department of the superior court of which the defendant herein was judge. When the case was set, the defendant, plaintiff here, demanded a trial by jury, but the judge of the court denied the demand, and…