Metzner v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for the offense of selling intoxicating liquors within four miles of a schoolhouse. The case was tried before the circuit judge without a jury, and Metzner was found guilty. The judge sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment, and imposed a fine’ upon him of $400. Metzner- has "brought his case to this court, and the only question made here is the right of the court to impose upon him ;a fine of this amount.

Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1900, prescribing the penalty for this offense, provides for a fine of not less than $50', nor more than $500', and…