Cobb v. City of Birmingham

PRICE, Judge.

The defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, of the offense of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of Section 1236 of the General Code of the City of Birmingham.

The jury’s verdict was: “We the jury find the defendant guilty as charged in count one of the complaint and request the court to fix penalty.”

The trial Judge proceeded to sentence defendant to perform hard labor for the City for a term of thirty days as a punishment for the offense, and sentenced him to additional hard labor for the county…