Adams v. City of Troy
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Petition for certiorari by Hill Adams against the city of Troy. From an order denying the petition, he appeals.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Petition for certiorari by Hill Adams against the city of Troy. From an order denying the petition, he appeals. The petition was addressed to T. L. Borum, judge of the law court of Pike county, and alleges that on the 21st day of February, 1910, petitioner was convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Troy, before the mayor thereof, for the offense of an assault, fined flOO, and $2 as costs, and sentenced to hard labor for the mayor and city councilmen of Tr;oy for a term of 180 days. It is alleged that the judgment and…
1Opinion of the Court
DE GBAFFENRIEI), J.
Section 1216 of the Code of 1907 of Alabama provides that a recorder of a city or town shall, upon conviction of any person charged with a violation of an ordinance of such town or city, have the power to sentence him to hard labor, upon the streets or public works, or in the workhouse or house of correction of the city, and that no fine shall exceed $100 and no sentence to imprisonment or hard labor shall exceed six months.
A recorder, when acting simply as the judge of a municipal court, is bound by the ordinances of the municipality, provided they do not conflict with the…
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