Bell v. State

The defendant was tried and convicted in the city court of Bessemer for the offense of violating the prohibition law. The warrant was sworn out on the 22d day of February, 1916, and the writ of arrest was issued and the defendant was arrested and made appearance bon'd on that same day. The complaint contained seven counts, and charged practically all of the offenses under the prohibition law. As a defense thereto, among other things, the defendant filed four jileas, substantially the same facts, in which he claimed former jeopardy by reason of his conviction in the mayor’s court of Bessemer.…