Christian v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The prosecution in this case was begun under a local act of the Legislature, Local Acts of Alabama 1919, p. 17, wherein it is provided that prosecutions of persons charged with misdemeanors in Madison County may be begun by affidavit made before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Madison County, and that thereupon the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Madison County shall attach, and the same shall proceed to trial and judgment under the same rules and procedure as provided by law in misdemeanor causes, -etc.

The affidavit charged this appellant (defendant below)…