Ryan v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. A. C. Howze. Dan Ryan was convicted of illegally selling intoxicating liquors, and appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. A. C. Howze. Dan Ryan was convicted of illegally selling intoxicating liquors, and appeals. The affidavit, omitting the formal charging part, is as follows: “W. L. Mitchell, being duly sworn, says: That spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors or intoxicating beverages have been sold or otherwise disposed of in violation or evasion of law, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama, in a certain house, room, or inclosure in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, to-wit, at No. 118 North Twenty-Thircl street, and that the person…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The proceeding against the appellant was begun and had under sections 5082 and 5084 of the Code of 1896. The appellant, on a trial in the criminal *265court of Jefferson county without a jury, was adjudged guilty and appeals. His exception was and is to the judgment and sentence of the trial court.
There is no provision in the act creating the criminal court of Jefferson county, or in the acts amendatory thereof, authorizing this court to review findings of fact in that court. — Weakley’s Loc. Laws, 599-607; Feibelman v. State, 180 Ala. 122, 30 South. 384. If, however, the evidence adduced on the…
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