Grace v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Chas. W. Ferguson, Judge. Charlie Grace was convicted of bastardy, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] The judgment of the court imposing hard labor for the county was in accordance with section. 6377 of the Code, fixing the sentence at 12 months. In this there was no error.
[2] Section 1 of Local Acts 1915, p. 231, confers on the judges of the municipal court of Birmingham “all the power and authority” of justices of the peace. Section 6364 of the Code provides for the issuance of a warrant in bastardy proceedings by a justice of the peace of the county where the woman is pregnant of a bastard child. So that the judge of the municipal court of Birmingham had the. power and jurisdiction to…
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