Smith v. State

This appellant was charged by warrant sworn out before S. J. Bolling, a justice of the peace, with the offense of violating the prohibition law; the affidavit being sworn to by one L. C. Sims. The warrant was made returnable to the justice of the peace. This affidavit and warrant, without more, constitutes the only process in this cause as shown by this record. There is nothing to show what disposition of the case, if any, was made by the justice of the peace, nor is there anything to show how the cause got into the circuit court.

While we know of no constitutional inhibition against the…