Hamilton v. State

The appellant was charged by information in the County Court with an aggravated assault, alleged to have been committed in a public place, where persons were assembled for the purpose of innocent amusement, in the town of Huntsville, county of Walker, on September 13, 1877.

To the charge the accused interposed a plea of former conviction of an affray, before the mayor of Huntsville, and the imposition of a fine of $5 and costs in favor of the city of Huntsville, which he claims to have paid, and which he alleges to be the same offense charged in the information. To this plea the county…