Section 28-4-313 Prosecutions for violations of chapter, etc., begun by affidavit or indictment; right of person charged to demand grand jury indictment; continuation of prosecution upon original affi - Alabama Statutes

Section 28-4-313

Prosecutions for violations of chapter, etc., begun by affidavit or indictment; right of person charged to demand grand jury indictment; continuation of prosecution upon original affidavit; amendment of affidavit or complaint.

All prosecutions for a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any other law for the suppression of the evils of intemperance may be begun by affidavit as well as by indictment; and when begun by affidavit, the person charged shall not have the right to demand that a grand jury prefer an indictment for the alleged offense, except where such offense is a felony, but the prosecution may continue no matter in what court or before what judge the trial shall be had upon the affidavit upon which it was originally begun.

The said affidavit or any complaint that may be filed in such prosecution may be amended to meet the ends of justice and to prevent a dismissal of the case upon any informality, irregularity or technicality.

(Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4646; Code 1940, T. 29, §121.)