City of McPherson v. Hanson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction under a city ordinance for refusal to pay a road tax in a city of the second class!

The prosecution originated in the police court. On appeal a jury was impaneled and sworn in the district court without objection, but the appellant then objected bo the introduction of any evidence upon the grounds *770that there was no complaint on file and that the so-called complaint was based upon an ordinance which the city had no authority to pass. It appeared that a purported copy' of the complaint contained in the…