Hendrix v. State

The affidavit upon which the warrant was issued is not signed by the party purporting to have made it, but under opr decisions this was not necessary. Holman v. State, 144 Ala. 95, 39 South. 646.

The defendant was charged in the affidavit with having in his possession prohibited liquors, which under the law is a misdemeanor. To this complaint he filed a plea of autrefois convict, as follows:

“Comes the defendant in the above-entitled cause and for plea says: That the state ought not to further prosecute this charge against him because of a prosecution begun by affidavit on the 27th day of…