Kirk v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Wallace Kirk was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Wallace Kirk was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. The affidavit is as follows: Before me, R. S. Snoddy, judge of the city court in and for said county, personally appeared S. S. Shores, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has probable cause for believing and does believe that within 12 months before the making of this affidavit Wallace Kirk, whose name is to the affiant otherwise unknown, sold,, offered for sale, kept for sale, or otherwise disposed of spirituous, vinous, or malt…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J.(1) The court takes judicial notice that Robt. S. Snoddy is the judge of the city court of Jasper, a. court created by the act of the Legislature approved March 29, 1911 (Local Acts 1911, p. 176), and as such he has the authority of a justice of the peace to issue warrants returnable into the law and equity court and courts of like jurisdiction; that said court is the only court styled “the city” court in Walker county (Grider v. Tally, 77 Ala. 422, 54 Am. Rep. 65; McCarver v. Herzberg, 120 Ala. 524, 25 South. 3; Carey v. State, 76 Ala. 78; Sandlin v. Anderson, Green & Co., 76 Ala.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grider v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Cary v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Harwell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Sandlin v. Anderson, Green & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Lee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Howard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
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