Nugent v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKinstry. The prisoner was indicted in the City Court of Mobile for the abuse of one Hannah Smith, a child under ten years of age, in an attempt to carnally know her. It appeared by the testimony offered on the part of the prosecution that the child’s private parts were inflamed, which one physician testified arose from pressure and bruising, but another from a venereal disease.
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Error to the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKinstry. The prisoner was indicted in the City Court of Mobile for the abuse of one Hannah Smith, a child under ten years of age, in an attempt to carnally know her. It appeared by the testimony offered on the part of the prosecution that the child’s private parts were inflamed, which one physician testified arose from pressure and bruising, but another from a venereal disease. The prisoner’s counsel offered to prove particular acts of carnal intercourse between said Hannah Smith and other persons before and near the time the…
1Opinion of the CourtDargan, C. J.
1. 2. By the act of the 3d February .1846, a court was established in the city of Mobile by the name of the Criminal Court for Mobile county, which was invested with jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the Circuit Courts of the State, in the administration of the criminal law in the county of Mobile, and the judgments of this court were made revisable by the Supreme Court, in the same manner as were the judgments of the Circuit Courts. By the act of the 11th February 1850, the jurisdiction of this court was enlarged, and the same jurisdiction that had been possessed by the respective County…
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