Scott v. City and County of Denver

On March 27, 1950, in a document dignified by the label, “Summons” and “Complaint,” plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was ordered to be in the municipal court on “2-13, 1950 to answer charge of D1C-55-56-57-52A-10A which occurred at 8th Ave. & Kalamath Date 2-4-50 1 16 A. M.” Whatever this may be, so far as any record of the police court discloses, is left to conjecture. One guess is as good as another.

The comedy of the entire matter soon develops. Defendant appeared as per schedule, and to establish that he did not do all of these “numbers,” he pleaded “not guilty.”…