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21 Ala. App. 547

110 So 56

Bowen v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 1926

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1926-09-07

Relies on 15 Ala. App. 681 - Brewer v. State

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Decided 1926-09-07

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BRICKEN, P. J.

¶1 The former opinion in this case is withdrawn and annulled. A further consideration of this case convinces us that the trial court should have granted defendant’s motion for a new trial and that, m denying said motion, the court committed reversible error. The original affidavit was fatally defective and charged no offense, and would not support a judgment of conviction. Brewer v. State, 15 Ala. App. 681, 74 So. 764. The offense attempted to be therein charged was a misdemeanor and, after 12 months from the -alleged date of commission, was barred by the statute of limitations. The new affidavit could not be predicated upon the original affidavit, it being void; and, as to the new affidavit, it affirmatively appears that the offense complained of was committed, if committed at all, more than 12 months before the affidavit was sworn out. This would appear to be conclusive of this case. Other grounds of the motion for new trial appear meritorious, but need not be discussed.

¶2 Motion for rehearing granted.

¶3 Reversed and remanded.

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