Gothard v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District

Court of Polk County of the offense of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant being more than twenty-five years of age, was not entitled to the benefit of the suspended sentence- law in a case of this . kind and proceedings appropriate in a case where the accused is so entitled, should not have been permitted.

By reason of the filing and presentation of an application for suspended sentence the question of the good or bad reputation of appellant was treated as…