Legal Opinion

Calloway v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1883PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from County Court of Sumter. Tried before Hon. W. R. DeLoaoii. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.

The defendant is indicted for selling or giving spirituous liquors to a minor — -the case having been transferred, under the statute, from the circuit court to the county court of Sumter. — Acts 1882-83, p. 214, sec. 2.

*38A special statute, regulating the trial of misdemeanors in this county, after authorizing such transfer, provides that the defendant “shall be entitled to a trial by jury, but should he waive the same, the court shall make an'entry thereof, on the record, and shall proceed to hear and determine the case? And an appeal from the judgment of the county court is allowed in such…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nooe's v. Garner's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Summers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Quillman v. GurleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Gill v. DailySupreme Court of Alabama · 1894

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