Nobles v. City of Dublin

1. The superior courts of this State do not take judicial cognizance of municipal ordinances. In this case, the petition for certiorari having failed to set forth, either literally or in substance, any municipal ordinance which required that the accused be furnished with a list of witnesses, it will be presumed that no such ordinance existed. The charter of the city of Dublin, of which the courts take judicial cognizance, makes no such requirement, and therefore it is not shown that the recorder of that city erred in overruling the motion for a continuance, which was based on the alleged…