State v. Phillips

Kroger, District Judge.

Complaint was filed in the municipal court of the city of Lincoln charging the defendant, Joe Phillips, with violating the ordinance of the city by moving a house over and through the streets of said city without having first obtained a permit from the city council so to do. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and after trial was had, he was found guilty and he was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of prosecution. From this sentence he perfected an appeal to the district court, and then demurred to the complaint on the ground that the city ordinance…