City of Des Moines v. Miller

On November 2, 1933, the city council of the city of Des Moines passed an ordinance prohibiting the parking of automobiles for more than one hour upon streets within certain parts of said city. Guy A. Miller was charged with having violated said ordinance on four different occasions, to wit, January 2, April 4, April 5, and April 19, 1934. He pleaded not guilty, and, upon trial in the municipal court of the city of Des Moines, on the 24th day of April, 1934, he was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine. An appeal was taken by the defendant to the district court of Polk county, Iowa. The case…