Brannon v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Criminal Court, Jefferson County, A. H. Alston, Judge. Jim Brannon was convicted of vagrancy and lie appeals. The defendant was charged by affidavit, in the language of the statute, with the offense of vagrancy, was convicted, and from the judgment of conviction he appeals.
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Appeal from Criminal Court, Jefferson County, A. H. Alston, Judge. Jim Brannon was convicted of vagrancy and lie appeals. The defendant was charged by affidavit, in the language of the statute, with the offense of vagrancy, was convicted, and from the judgment of conviction he appeals. On the trial, the defendant demurred to the indictment, assigning the grounds that facts constituting the offense were not set out, and that the act is violative of the Constitutions of the state and of the United States. This demurrer was overruled, and the defendant filed a motion for bill of particulars,…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] The defendant was within his legal rights when he elected to try his case in this manner, and to present it to this court as is shown by the record, and the appellate court must search it for error. But where the record is in the condition of the record in this case, the appellate court will not undertake to specifically pass upon each exception noted, but will content itself with a general statement of the law applicable to the case.
[2] The, affidavit meets the requirements of the statute, and is sufficient. Brannon v. State, 12 Ala. App. 189, 67 South. 634.
[3, 4] The motion of defendant…
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- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Minto v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- Lowman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Brown v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
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