State v. . Miller

The petitioner, charged in the indictment, which consists of five counts, with keeping a gambling house in the city of Raleigh, on his arraignment, entered his plea of guilty to the fourth count, and the solicitor entered a nolle prosequi to the others.

Thereupon it was adjudged, that he be imprisoned in the common jail for thirty days, commencing on the 10th day of January, 1886, and pay a fine of two thousand dollars, and stand committed after the expiration of said term of imprisonment, until the fine and costs of the prosecution were paid. From this sentence he appealed to this Court. The…