Russell v. City of Bessemer

The defendant was convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Bessemer for the violation of one of its municipal ordinances; the specific charge being a violation of the prohibition laws of the city. He appealed to the circuit court, and from a judgment of conviction in tliat court for the same offense this appeal is taken.

It has many times been held that the prosecution for a violation of a municipal ordinance is statutory and quasi criminal in its nature, and that the statute, Code 1907, § 6204, under the terms of which no assignment of error is necessary in a criminal case, does not…