City of Baton Rouge v. Shilg

FOURNET, Justice.

Mrs. Donald Shilg having been convicted of parking overtime, in violation of Section 24 of Article V of the Traffic Ordinances of the City of Baton Rouge, and sentenced to pay a fine of $1, or in default thereof to serve one day in jail, has appealed.

It appears that Mrs. Shilg was given a traffic violation “ticket” on May 23, 1941, for parking overtime in the third block of Convention Street in the City of Baton Rouge, commanding her to present the “ticket” at the police station within the next twenty-four hours. Having failed to do this the judge of the City Court issued a…