51 So. 357 | Ala. | 1910
— The act (Acts'1907; [Sp. Sess.] p. 190) did not increase the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Its object is to dispense with indictments for
As the justice, referred to in defendant’s plea, did not have jurisdiction to’try the case, the plea, if not bad for other reasons, was defective in not showing that the defendant had been convicted or acquitted in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the trial court properly sustained the demurrer to same. '
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
Affirmed.