Rawson v. State

Pat Rawson, the appellant, was convicted in the justice of the peace court, the case was appealed to the circuit court, where it was tried anew, and the appellant was again convicted and sentenced to pay a fine and serve a term in the county jail. The jail sentence was suspended, and part of the fine also, during good behavior.

After the conviction in the Circuit Court, the appellant moved in arrest of judgment; on the ground that the person acting as justice of the peace was neither de facto nor de jure justice of the peace; and that neither the justice court nor the Circuit Court has…