Brown v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwynn, Judge. Claude Brown was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
This defendant was convicted of violating the prohibition law. The prosecution originated by affidavit of one W. C. Steele, made before the judge of the inferior court of Bessemer, and returnable to the circuit court of Jefferson county, as provided by Local Acts 1919, pp. 121, 124.
In the circuit court the trial was had by jury, who returned a verdict of guilty as charged and assessed a fine of $50 against him. Failing to pay the fine and cost, the court sentenced him to perform hard labor for the county as provided by law, and also imposed upon him an indeterminate sentence of hard labor for…
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