Jones v. City of Anniston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried, before the Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. A prosecution urns commenced against the appellant, Hugh Jones, by his being arrested and brought before the recorder of the city of Anniston for carrying a pistol concealed about his person, in violation of an ordinance of said city. Upon his being tried and convicted by the recorder, an appeal was taken by the defendant to the city court of Anniston.
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Appeal from the City Court of Anniston. Tried, before the Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. A prosecution urns commenced against the appellant, Hugh Jones, by his being arrested and brought before the recorder of the city of Anniston for carrying a pistol concealed about his person, in violation of an ordinance of said city. Upon his being tried and convicted by the recorder, an appeal was taken by the defendant to the city court of Anniston. In the city court a complaint was filed, against said Hugh Jones, in the name of the city of Anniston, charging him with having carried a pistol or other…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted • by the recorder of the city of Anniston for a violation of an ordinance of that city. On appeal to the city court,' a demurrer, as shown by the judgment entry, was sustained to a motion filed by him. What that motion was, in the absence of a bill of exceptions, we can not legally know. It is true it appears in the transcript, but it is not shown to be properly a part of the record of the court below, and therefore we cannot look to it. The judgment on demurrer, therefore, cannot be reviewed. Craig v. Etheredge, 133 Ala. 284; Randall v. Wadsworth, 130…
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