Well, that sucks. Been to jail on stupid things. Overnighters. Yours ranks up there for major bologna. The Judge shouldhave listened to your story and made a decision right there to ethier hear/dismiss your case or jail you.
But he should have listened to why you were not there to begin with.
I know judges hear it all. But that's tuff crackers because that's part of the job's B.S. list of what the judge signed up for.
As far as I'm concerned, he wasted tax payers money and everybody's time.