Sullivan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom; the County Court of Madison. Tried before the Hon. William Richardson. The prosecution in this case was commenced by an affidavit, made by one Frank Robinson, to the effect “ that he has probable cause for believing, and does believe, that Ned Sullivan, before the filing of this complaint, carried a pistol concealed about his personand a writ of arrest thereupon issued by the judge of said County Gourt, before whom the affidavit was made, commanding the arrest of the…
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Feom; the County Court of Madison. Tried before the Hon. William Richardson. The prosecution in this case was commenced by an affidavit, made by one Frank Robinson, to the effect “ that he has probable cause for believing, and does believe, that Ned Sullivan, before the filing of this complaint, carried a pistol concealed about his personand a writ of arrest thereupon issued by the judge of said County Gourt, before whom the affidavit was made, commanding the arrest of the defendant “to answer the State of Alabama of a charge of carrying a concealed pistol, preferred by Frank Robinson.” When…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The County Court of Madison county, by statute, is invested with jurisdiction, co-extensive and concurrent with that of the Circuit Court, of all misdemeanors committed within the county.—Acts of 1876-7, p. 149; Cawthorn v. State, 63 Ala. 157. The mode of preferring, before the court, a charge or accusation of misdemeanor, is prescribed by the Code, section 4702. The affidavit in writing of a person, stating that he has probable cause for believing, and does believe, that a designated misdemeanor has been committed by a named person, is the charge or accusation. That charge or…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Cawthorn v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
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