Phillips v. State

In this case, appellant was charged by an indictment, duly found and returned against him by the grand jury of Gibson county, with the offence which is defined, and its punishment prescribed, in and by section 1992, R. S. 1881. Upon his arraignment and plea of not guilty, he was tried by the court without a jury, and a finding was made that he was guilty, as charged in the indictment, and his punishment was assessed at a fine in the sum of five dollars and imprisonment in the State’s prison for a period of three years. Over his motion for a new trial, the court rendered judgment against him…