Eddins v. Popwell

FOSTER, Justice.

The question presented on this petition for certiorari is whether J. O. Popwell, to whom we will refer as defendant, was properly discharged on habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. He was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of Birmingham for violating the State Firearms Act, Code 1940, Tit. 14, § 161 et seq., and his punishment fixed at a fine of $100 and costs of $3, and sentenced “to serve one hundred and eighty days (suspended) at hard labor for the city of Birmingham.” The suspension of sentence was at the request of his attorney. The authority of the…