Smithson v. State

The prosecution in this case originated in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Jefferson County, and upon the trial in said court the defendant was adjudged guilty, and appealed to the circuit court, where he was tried upon an amended complaint which reads as follows:

"Personally appeared before me, Collins Urquhart, Solicitor of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Jefferson County Officer M.S. Davis who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says:

"First: That George Washington Smithson has within twelve months before the making of this affidavit, in said county, committed an…