Dawson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marengo Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. E. J. Gilder. Tommy Dawson was convicted of murder and he • appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, J. —
The indictment in this case was preferred by the grand jury of the circuit court-of Marengo county. The trial of the defendant took place in the Marengo law and equity court; the case having been transferred to the docket of that court by virtue of an act of the Legislature approved February 11, 1915, being House Bill 534. — Loc. Laws 1915, p. 20. Motion was made by the defendant to strike the indictment from the flies of said court on the ground that the case had not been transferred with his consent.(1) The Marengo law and equity court was established by an act approved August…
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