Sheehan v. City Council

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the police court of the City of Augusta. He sought certiorari. The petition was filed, sanctioned, and answered. At the hearing the judge passed the following order: “Upon motion of the city attorney,dismissed.” Within six months a petition seeking to renew the certiorari was presented, and sanction was refused.

We are not informed as to the ground upon which the first certiorari was dismissed. A certiorari may be dismissed for a variety of causes — either for causes affecting the merits or for causps not affecting the merits. If a certiorari is not…