Bell v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Wilcox County Court. Tried before lion. John Pubifoy. Thorn Bell, the appellant, was charged in the court below with the offense of petit larceny, the complaint on which the warrant was issued, and on which the trial was had being in these words: “ The State of Alabama, ) County Court.
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Appeal from Wilcox County Court. Tried before lion. John Pubifoy. Thorn Bell, the appellant, was charged in the court below with the offense of petit larceny, the complaint on which the warrant was issued, and on which the trial was had being in these words: “ The State of Alabama, ) County Court. Wilcox County. j I have probable cause for believing and do believe, that the offense of feloniously taking and carrying away two turkeys, of the value of one & 50-100 dollars, the property of W. W. Moore, has been committed in said county by Thorn Bell, alias Thorn Hill, on the-day of-, 18 — . “…
1Opinion of the Court
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1. The statute under which the present proceedings were had, and the judgment of conviction rendered, enlarges the jurisdiction of the county court of Wilcox in cases of misdemeanor, and secures to the party accused a ri^lit to trial by jury, if he makes a demand thereof before the first day of the next regular term of the court after he is arrested or taken into custody. A subsequent section of the act applies to prosecutions in the court “ all laws of a general nature now in force, or that may be hereafter enacted, so far as the same apply to misdemeanors,” etc. — Pam. Acts,…
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