Jones v. City of Rome

The plaintiff in error, who was convicted by the recorder of the City of Borne, and later, upon appeal, by the mayor and council of that city, of having intoxicating liquors “in his possession, custody, and control for the purpose of barter or sale,” excepts to the judgment of the superior court in refusing to sustain his certiorari. Three points are made in the petition for certiorari: (1) That the evidence is insufficient; (2) that the judgment of guilty rendered by the mayor and council was rendered in the absence of the accused and after the mayor and council had excluded every one…