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Smiley v. City of Birmingham

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Apr 17, 1951
52 So. 2d 710 (Ala. Crim. App. 1951)

Opinion

6 Div. 92.

March 27, 1951. Rehearing Denied April 17, 1951.

Appeal from the Recorder's Court of the City of Birmingham.

Gibson Hewitt, of Birmingham, for appellant.

Chas. H. Brown, of Birmingham, for appellee.


On appeal from the Recorder's Court of the City of Birmingham from her conviction for violation of an ordinance inhibiting the operation of lotteries, this appellant was again found guilty in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County.

The evidence is ample to support the verdict of guilty and the judgment rendered thereon.

All of the propositions argued in appellant's brief raise but two points, first the constitutionality of Ordinance 600 of the City of Birmingham, and second, that the court erred in overruling appellant's motion to discharge the venire on the ground that the court had stated to the jury at the opening of the trial below that "this case comes by way of appeal from the Recorder's Court into the Circuit Court to be tried here, and the law says de novo by a jury."

Both of these points have been decided adversely to appellant's contentions in the recent cases of Fiorello v. City of Birmingham, Ala.App., 48 So.2d 761, certiorari denied 254 Ala. 515, 48 So.2d 768; and City of Birmingham v. Reed, Ala.App., 44 So.2d. 607.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Smiley v. City of Birmingham

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Apr 17, 1951
52 So. 2d 710 (Ala. Crim. App. 1951)
Case details for

Smiley v. City of Birmingham

Case Details

Full title:SMILEY v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Apr 17, 1951

Citations

52 So. 2d 710 (Ala. Crim. App. 1951)
52 So. 2d 710