Legal Opinion
Commissioners Court v. Turner
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1871PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliott. The point decided is sufficiently stated in the opinion. [Briefs did not come into Reporter’s hands.]
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This case turns wholly upon the construction of the statute authorizing the appointment of attorneys in the counties of Mobile, Greene and Pickens, whose duty it shall be to attend to all criminal cases wherein the persons prosecuted shall be unable to employ counsel. This act was approved on December 30th, 1868. It is short, and I quote it at large. It is in these words, leaving out the enacting clause :
“Section 1. From and after the passage of this act, the judge of the city court of Mobile, and the judges of the circuit courts of the counties of Greene and Pickens, shall be authorized to…
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