Jones v. City of Albany

Alabama Court of Appeals

Jones v. City of Albany

107 So. 725, 21 Ala. App. 306, 1926 Ala. App. LEXIS 85

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedMarch 23, 1926

Docket8 Div. 451.

StatusPublished

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Jones v. City of Albany, 107 So. 725, 21 Ala. App. 306, 1926 Ala. App. LEXIS 85 (Ala. Ct. App. 1926).

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Opinion

SAMFORD, J.

No brief has come to the hands of the court from appellee, but we have carefully read the record en banc, and, without discussing or setting out the evidence, this court reaches the conclusion that there was an entire failure on the part of the city in making proof sufficient to justify a conviction. Before a person can be held guilty of the violation of a crimina] statute, there must be evidence sufficient to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant -intentionally did or omitted to do the act condemned by the statute.

The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

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SAMFORD, J.

No brief has come to the hands of the court from appellee, but we have carefully read the record en banc, and, without discussing or setting out the evidence, this court reaches the conclusion that there was an entire failure on the part of the city in making proof sufficient to justify a conviction. Before a person can be held guilty of the violation of a crimina] statute, there must be evidence sufficient to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant -intentionally did or omitted to do the act condemned by the statute.

The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

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