Casteel v. City of Decatur

The record on this appeal contains an affidavit made before the mayor of the city of Decatur purporting to charge this appellant with the violation of an ordinance of that city It appears though that no warrant of arrest was issued for the appellant by such officer. There is no record of any arrest, trial, or conviction of appellant in the mayor's court. And the Morgan county court does not appear to have acquired jurisdiction over the person of appellant in any of the ways provided by law. The judgment appealed from is therefore without support in the record, and, under the established…