Zavelo v. City of Anniston

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant was charged by affidavit with having received and concealed stolen property. He was tried and convicted of this offense in the recorder’s court, under an ordinance of the city of Anniston and appealed to the circuit court, where the city attorney filed a complaint based upon the affidavit and charging a violation of a city ordinance whereby it was ordained: “That any person committing an offense constituting a misdemeanor under the laws of Alabama, within the City of Anniston or its police jurisdiction, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not exceeding…