Prince v. State

This appellant was adjudged a delinquent in the juvenile court of Mobile county, and under the terms of the statute (Local Acts of Alabama 1915, p. 118, § 9), appealed to the circuit court of that county. He filed a demand for a jury trial in the circuit court, but the trial judge refused to allow him a trial by jury, and an exception was duly reserved to this action of the court. This ruling of the trial court in denying a trial by jury is the only question presented for consideration.

The statute in question does not provide for a jury trial on appeal, and in the absence of such statutory…