City of Montgomery v. Davis
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Gunter. Arthur Davis was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of a violation of the prohibition laws,, and on appeal to the city court of Montgomery he was discharged, and the city appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The only question raised on the record is the validity of an ordinance of the city of Montgomery upon which the defendant was convicted in the court of original jurisdiction for a violation of the prohibition laws of the state. After conviction in the recorder’s court the defendant (appellee) took an appeal to the city court of Montgomery, and that court held the ordinance in question invalid, and ordered the discharge of the defendant. From that judgment the city prosecutes this appeal.
Section 1 of the ordinance adopted by the municipality January 6, 1916, that the trial court held to be…
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