Court Opinion

ID: 6545066
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 22:18:55.196356+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:56.652600
License: Public Domain

McCueeoch, J. The appellant, Reese, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. The case originated before a justice of the peace, where the defendant was convicted, and he appealed to the circuit court. His only defense is a plea of former conviction, which he supports by a record showing that he was formerly convicted of the same offense and on the same testimony before the mayor of the town of Nashville, as an éx-officio justice of the peace, and appealed to the circuit court, where, on his motion, the cause was dismissed for want of jurisdiction because no affidavit or information had been filed before the mayor. In the former case, the cause was before the circuit court for trial de novo, and when it was dismissed "without a trial, no jeopardy attached, and therefore the judgment is no bar to a conviction in another prosecution for the same offense. Affirmed.