Crooks v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The prosecution in this case was for “violating the prohibition law.”

It, the prosecution, was begun and originated in the Dale County Court upon an affidavit and complaint, which was in words and figures as follows:

“County Court Complaint

“State of Alabama J _ _ „ r County Court “Dale County J J

“Before me, Frank O. Deese, Judge of the County Court of said County, personally appeared J. S. Pace, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he has probable cause for believing and doth believe that the offense of Violating the Prohibition Laws of Dale County, Alabama…