Edelman v. City of Gadsden
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Etowah. County; J. E. Blackwood, Judge. Sam Edelman was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of Gadsden, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Etowah. County; J. E. Blackwood, Judge. Sam Edelman was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of Gadsden, and he appeals. Over the otvjection of defendant, the court permitted witness Collier to be asked: “What did’ you say to him about it?” And permitted the following answer: “I told Lonnie (meaning Battie), and I told the rest of them, that the regulations of those signs at each entrance of the quarters would have to be complied with if they stayed in the quarters." The following charges were refused to defendant: (2) Trespass after warning is an offense…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Gadsden for the violation of a city ordinance, the charge being trespass after warning. He took an appeal to the circuit court of Etowah county, and was tried on a complaint filed by the city. No objection by demurrer or otherwise was made to the complaint, and from a judgment -of conviction in the circuit court this appeal is taken.
The ordinance under which the defendant was convicted is as follows:
“Any person who is found on the premises of another in the nighttime under suspicious circumstances, or who without legal…
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