Hartfield v. City of Columbus

The plaintiffs in error, Hartfield and Salter, were separately convicted, in the recorder’s court of the City of Columbus, of the offense of “doing business without license.” Each sued out a certiorari, which was overruled, and he excepted. In this court the two cases were argued together, and may be disposed of in the same manner. The facts are substantially as follows: J. R. Christian and William A. Adams were indigent Confederate soldiers, and each of them had received from the ordinary of Muscogee county a certificate authorizing him to conduct business without any license for this…