City of Carthage v. Bird

This case originated before the police judge of the city of Carthage, and was a prosecution against defendant for the violation of a city ordinance, ■charging him with a disturbance of the peace. Upon a trial defendant was convicted and appealed to the circuit court, and upon trial in the circuit court as we gather from appellant’s abstract of the record filed here a trial was begun before the court without a jury. The attorney for the city offered certain testimony among which was the ordinance of the city of Carthage under which the defendant was being prosecuted. The objection of defendant…