Brewer v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

This case was decided on the authority of Murphy Ingram v. State, Ala.App., 3 So.2d 426, and must be reviewed as though that opinion was rendered in this case.

Count 29 charges the defendant “knowingly took from Johnnie Watson * * * four dollars * * * as his fee for making an' arrest, which service was not actually performed by him, or which was a greater fee than was allowed by law for the said services, or was a fee other than allowed by law for said services rendered by him.”

In the first place, all these alternatives refer to the $4 taken from Johnnie Watson. The first…