Backus v. City of Atlanta

1. The defendants were tried jointly for a violation of a municipal ordinance. They were not represented by counsel, and the witnesses against them were not cross-examined, and one of the defendants was not served with a summons. Held, no error requiring the grant of another trial, where there was no request by either defendant for a separate trial, and no request to be allowed to cross-examine any of the witnesses, or refusal of such request, and where the defendant who was not served with a summons did not demand to be served with one before the trial. Venable v. Atlanta, ante, 190 (66 S.…