Ferguson v. City of Moultrie

Jimmie Ferguson, a member of “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” was convicted in the recorder’s court of the City of Moultrie of violating a certain ordinance of the city. His certiorari was- overruled by the judge of the superior court, and that judgment is assigned as error in the present bill of exceptions.

The evidence authorized the recorder to find that the defendant had violated the ordinance. It is alleged, however, in the petition for certiorari that the ordinance is invalid and unconstitutional, if applied to the members of “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” since they are all ordained ministers of the…