3 Ala. App. 168
Decided February 6, 1912
Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1912-02-06
Heard before Hon. J. N. Ham. Tom Grantham ivas convicted of violating the prohibition la.AV, and he appeals. The only tiling shoivn as to the organization of the court is as folloivs. State of Alabama, Coffee County, 1st Week, July Third, 1911. The sheriff turned into the court, the venire of the jurors regularly drawn for the first week of court, to Añt: (then follows names of jurors, and those ayIio were excused, and those who did not appear).
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 1919
7 state decisions
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Appeal dismissed · Decided 1912-02-06
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¶1The record in this case does not' show that the court was held at the place designated by law, or that it was convened or presided over by a judge authorized to hold it. The appeal must be dismissed, because of the failure of the record to show that the judgment appealed from was rendered by a court organized pursuant to law.—Thomas v. Daniel Bros., 42 South. 623; McPherson v. Wiggins, 40 South. 961; 2 Cyc. 1033.
¶2Appeal dismissed.