Perry v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from .Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. John Perry was convicted of violating a municipal ordinance and he appeals. Counsel insist that as this is a quasi-criminal case merely, errors should have been assigned upon the' record, and in the absence of such an assignment, the cause should be affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, T. J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction in proceedings instituted by the city of Birmingham for a violation of one of its municipal ordinances, and has been submitted without an assignment of errors. In this court nothing has been done by or on behalf of the appellant in support of his appeal.
The statute (Code, § 6264) dispenses with the necessity of an assignment of errors in a criminal case only.—Williams v. State, 117 Ala. 199, 23 South. 42.
A prosecution for a violation of a municipal ordinance is statutory, and quasi criminal in its nature (Camden v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Town of Camden v. BlochSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Brown v. Mayor of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
- Mayor of Mobile v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
3Cited by14 opinions
- Casteel v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Sparks v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
- Hymes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Dreyfus v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
- Parks v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
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