City of Pascagoula v. Sharp

The appellee, W. E. Sharp, was convicted in the police court of the city of Pascagoula on a charge of violating an ordinance fixing a speed limit for motor vehicles within the limits of said city, and prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court. The judgment of conviction in the police court was signed by J. Higginbotham, mayor pro tempore, and in the circuit court an order was entered sustaining a motion to dismiss the affidavit and proceedings for lack of jurisdiction, and from the judgment sustaining this motion and discharging the defendant the city prosecuted this appeal.

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