James v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Macon County Court. Heard before Hon. M. B. Abercrombie. Bunk, alias Buster James was convicted for failure to work public road after warning, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This is a prosecution under section 7737 of the Code of 1907, which subjects persons liable to road duty who willfully fail or refuse after legal notice to work the public road in person or by substitute without sufficient excuse to a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $3 for each day’s default.(1) There is no material difference in the pertinent provisions of the general laws of the state, subjecting persons to road duty, fixing the limits thereof and the manner of apportioning and warning hands to work on the public roads, and those found in the local laws applicable to Macon county as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jones v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
- Bozeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- Newsom v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
- State ex rel. Perkins v. Montgomery Light Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Chancey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Bland v. St. JohnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Hicks v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Baxley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Ex parte JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916