McMullen v. State

Under the provisions of Local Acts 1919, p. 17 (No. 44), approved February 11, 1919, prosecutions of persons charged with misdemeanors, in Madison county, may be begun by affidavit made before the clerk of the circuit of Madison county, and thereupon the jurisdiction of the circuit court of Madison county shall attach, and the case shall proceed to trial and judgment under the same rules and procedure as provided by law in misdemeanor causes.

This prosecution originated under the terms or provisions of the above local statute, the affidavit being made by one R. S. Watson before Carter H. Rice,…