McGee v. State

This prosecution was instituted in the inferior court of Coffee county upon an affidavit and warrant, both of which were in proper form and substance, and charged this appellant with the offense of violating the prohibition laws of the state. Prom a judgment of conviction in said court he appealed to the(circuit court. In the circuit court he was tried by a jury upon a complaint filed by the solicitor. Said complaint was based upon the same charge contained in the original affidavit. This procedure is permissible, but in prosecutions of this character it is not essential that the solicitor…