Walker v. City of Fitzgerald

Walker, in a petition for certiorari addressed to the superior court of Irwin county, recited the following facts: He was arrested and carried before the recorder of the City of Fitzgerald, for trial upon the charge of “disorderly conduct by conducting [himself] in a tumultuous and riotous manner.” He demurred to the accusation, on the ground that “there was no such offense set forth in or known to the laws and ordinances of said city.” Counsel thereupon struck out the words “and riotous,” and the tidal proceeded upon the charge of “disorderly conduct by conducting [himself] in a tumultuous…