Whenever a municipal court or a magistrates court shall have acquired jurisdiction by reason of a person committing an act which is alleged to be in violation of a municipal ordinance and which is in violation of the criminal law of this State a conviction or an acquittal by the first court acquiring jurisdiction shall be a complete bar to a trial by another court for the same alleged unlawful act or acts. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-502; 1952 Code Section 17-502; 1942 Code Section 994; 1932 Code Section 994; 1928 (35) 1317.
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