Hayes v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The affidavit upon which the prosecution in this case is based is an anomaly, in that it states,

“Before me C. J. Nordan a J. P. in and for said Henry County, personally came J. L. Corbitt, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has probable cause for believing, and does believe that the offense of unlawfully poisoning the Mount creek for the purpose of catching fish, has been committed in Henry County, Alabama, by Earl Hayes in that the said Earl Hayes within twelve months before making this affidavit, unlawfully poisoned the Mount creek for the purpose of…