Ex Parte Flowers

The petitioner in this case was proceeded against criminally in the circuit court of Jefferson- county for an indictable offense, an assault with a weapon, without the indictment of a grand jury. The prosecution was commenced by an affidavit made before H. B. Abernathy, judge of the Jefferson county court of misdemeanors, by one Hughes, and a warrant was issued thereon, returnable before “the judge of the Jefferson county circuit court,” and the circuit court assumed jurisdiction thereon and proceeded to final trial before a petit jury, resulting in a verdict of guilty and a judgment thereon…