Sanders v. City of Columbus

McMurray, Judge.

Captain Jerry D. Sanders, a member of the Georgia Army National Guard, was arrested for speeding within the city limits of Columbus while in the performance of his military duties in returning to Columbus, his home duty station, from Fort Stewart, Georgia. Captain Sanders seeks to invoke the privileges of militiamen set forth in Code § 27-204 and Code Ann. § 86-1103 (Ga. L. 1955, pp. 10, 102).

Defendant Sanders was convicted in Recorder’s Court of the City of Columbus on the charge of the offense of speeding in violation of "Sec. 20-5.3 City Code,” and sentenced to pay a fine…