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Terms Used In Alabama Code 28-4-274

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

If the testimony produced on the hearing before the judge or upon such trial before the judge or court shall fail to establish the complaint or that a ground existed for the issuance of the warrant or that the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles were kept, stored or deposited for the purpose of unlawful sale, distribution or delivery within this state, judgment shall be entered dismissing such complaint and providing that such liquors and beverages and the vessels and receptacles containing the same be returned to the place from which or to the person from whom they were taken.