Ventress v. Town of Clayton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Violating City Ordincmce. Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. A. Evans. Cliff Ventress was convicted in the mayor’s court for violating an ordinance of the Town of Clayton'. He appealel to the circuit court, and was again convicted, and again appeals. The ordinance alleged to have been violated was one against rolling at the crack, pitching at a mark, or matching coins for any money, cigars, soda water, or other thing of value whatsoever.
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Violating City Ordincmce. Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. A. Evans. Cliff Ventress was convicted in the mayor’s court for violating an ordinance of the Town of Clayton'. He appealel to the circuit court, and was again convicted, and again appeals. The ordinance alleged to have been violated was one against rolling at the crack, pitching at a mark, or matching coins for any money, cigars, soda water, or other thing of value whatsoever. A conviction was had in the mayor’s court, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court. The judgment there rendered is as follows :…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— The appellant complains of his conviction in the circuit court of a violation of a town ordinance, to which, at his instance, the proceedings was removed from the mayor’s court. The circuit court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter and of the person. The judgment, while not in all things regular or formal, is not void. It adjudges appellant’s guilt, ang. fixes the amount of the fine for his misdemeanor, following the verdict of the jury in the premises, within the penalty of the ordinance adopted and approved June 19, 1908. So far as we are advised, the Municipal Code (Acts 1907, p. 790…
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