Patton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Joe D. Patton was convicted of the crime of carrying a pistol concealed, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Joe D. Patton was convicted of the crime of carrying a pistol concealed, and he appeals. The act of the Legislature, 1st special session- 1907, for Washington county, is violative of section 45' and section 106, and section 76 of the Constitution of 1901. — Balian tyne v. Wicker sham, 75 Ala. 533. That portion of the Local Acts extending the time for holding courts of record at St. Stephens from one year from the date of the location to the 1st Monday in October, 1908, was violative of section 45 of the Constitution…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
The defendant was convicted in the county court of Washington county for the crime of carrying a pistol concealed about his person. The term of the court at which the conviction was secured was held at St. Stephens on the 7th day of July, 1908. The defendant has appealed, and here insists that the judgment of conviction is void, because the court was not authorized by law to be held at St. Stephens — that the law fixed Chatom as the place where the court should be held.
On January 27, 1907, there was held in Washington county an election at which it was determined that the county seat of that…
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