Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. Jas. W. Lapsley. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of^said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Sam Smith, on the trial of a civil action in the city court of Anniston, for damages for personal injury to John Smith, while said John Smith was an alleged passenger on one of the trains of the Richmond and Dan-ville Railroad…
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Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. Jas. W. Lapsley. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of^said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Sam Smith, on the trial of a civil action in the city court of Anniston, for damages for personal injury to John Smith, while said John Smith was an alleged passenger on one of the trains of the Richmond and Dan-ville Railroad Company, leaving Anniston for Birmingham on June 17, 1891, in which John Smith was plaintiff, and the Richmond and Danville…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
At a term of the Anniston city court, the defendant was tried and convicted of perjury. It is insisted that the city court of Anniston had no jurisdiction of the civil case on the trial of which it was averred the offense of perjury was committed. That was a suit brought to recover damages for personal injuries, brought by John Smith v. The Richmond & Danville R. R. Co. The cause of action for which the civil suit was brought arose in Jefferson county, Ala., and territorially was beyond the limits of the area over which the city court of Anniston had jurisdiction. It is, therefore, contended…
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