Pinson v. City of Birmingham

This case originated in the recorder's court of the city of Birmingham, wherein this appellant (a woman) was tried and convicted for the violation of a certain penal ordinance of said city. She appealed to the circuit court and was there tried by a jury upon a complaint filed by the city. The complaint contained one count only, and charged that the acts complained of were contrary to and in violation of section 1451 of the City Code of Birmingham.

Section 1451 of the 1917 Code of the City of Birmingham, which section was in force and effect at the time of the alleged commission of the offense…