Bass v. State

Appellant was sentenced by the circuit court to pay a fine of two hundred fifty dollars and to serve thirty days in jail under an indictment charging the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and appellant has appealed on the ground that, under the facts of the case, the circuit court had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter.

Gn June 20,1930, an affidavit charging the said offense was made against appellant before a justice of the peace and a warrant was immediately issued returnable before the justice of the peace of the district where the offense was alleged to have occurred.…