Brooks v. City of Birmingham

CARR, Judge.

This case originated in the Recorder’s Court of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, where appellant was convicted for the violation of a city ordinance which may be generally termed a lottery law. He appealed to the circuit court of said county and, upon judgment of conviction and sentence there, he appealed to this court.

In the circuit court the city attorney filed a complaint as follows: “Comes the City of Birmingham, Alabama, a municipal corporation and complains that George Brooks within twelve months before the beginning of this prosecution and within the police jurisdiction of…