Sharp v. State

The prosecution against this appellant appears to have been instituted under the provisions of a local act, approved February 11, 1919 (Local Acts 1919, p. 17), by affidavit of one S. B. Worley, made before.the clerk of the circuit court of Madison county; the warrant being made returnable before the judge of the circuit court of said county. The charge was a violation of the prohibition laws, and contained several alternative averments..The affidavit, as framed, was defective and subject to demurrer. Griffin v. State (Ala. App.) 115 So. 769; 1 but the demurrers interposed thereto. by…