Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. City of Montgomery
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1918No. 3 Div. 284PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from Circuit # Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Arthur Benjamin was convicted of violating a municipal ordinance, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
This prosecution originated in the recorder’s court of Montgomery. On appeal to the circuit court, the defendant was tried upon the following complaint:
“The city of Montgomery complains that Arthur Benjamin, on or about the 26th day of December, . 1916, within the limits of said city, county ánd state, and within the police jurisdiction of the city of Montgomery, did possess or have in his possession more than one quart of whisky in bottles or receptacles of the capacity of less than a quart, in violation of section 23 of the prohibition law of the city of Montgomery.”
Under the authority of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rosenberg v. City of SelmaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
3Cited by12 opinions
- Ex Parte McElroySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Miles v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
- Bouyer v. City of BessemerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Mays v. City of PrattvilleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Town of Lineville v. GaunttAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
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