Ex parte Reynolds
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by petition on behalf of Jeff. Reynolds, for the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, to procure his discharge from the town marshal of Annistpn, after a discharge had been refused by the City Court of Anniston, Hon. W. E. Johnston presiding; The exhibits to the petition show that the petitioner was, on the 8th May, 1889, convicted of “violating prohibition ordinance,” and sentenced to “thirty days on the streets.”
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Application by petition on behalf of Jeff. Reynolds, for the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, to procure his discharge from the town marshal of Annistpn, after a discharge had been refused by the City Court of Anniston, Hon. W. E. Johnston presiding; The exhibits to the petition show that the petitioner was, on the 8th May, 1889, convicted of “violating prohibition ordinance,” and sentenced to “thirty days on the streets.” On the hearing before Judge Johnston, two municipal ordinances, were read in evidence, pro-, hibiting the sale of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The City Council of Anniston, by an ordinance adopted March 8, 1889, prohibited the sale of intoxicants within the police jurisdiction of that city. The penalty prescribed for its violation is a fine of not less than one, nor exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment or hard labor on the streets, for a term not exceeding six months. Petitioner,was convicted under this ordinance, and sentenced to thirty days hard labor on the streets. Contending that the sentence was illegal, petitioner sued out a writ of habeas corpus, returnable to the City Court of Anniston. That court adjudged the…
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