Smith v. State

Decided December 15, 1888

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1888-12-15

Heard before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The appellant in this case, Joseph J. Smith, an engineer in the employment of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, was arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace in Mobile, on a charge of handling, driving and operating an engine pulling a passenger train on -the road of said company, not having been duly examined and licensed as required by the act of the General Assembly approved February 28th, 1887, entitled “An act to…

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1888

1 state decisions

Relies on Smith v. State of Alabama · McDonald v. State

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Decided 1888-12-15

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SOMEBVILLE, J.

¶1The judgment is affirmed, on the authority of McDonald v. The State, at the present term; 81 Ala. 279.

¶2Note by Beporteb,.' — This case was decided in July, 1887, and was afterwards taken, by writ of error, to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the judgment was affirmed. Smith v. Alabama, 124 U. S. 465.