State v. Hendricks

The defendants were jointly indicated for practicing medicine without a license from *661the State Board of Health in violation of section 8315, Revised Statutes 1909. They were prosecuted jointly and, after a trial, the .jury returned a verdict which said: “We, the jury, find the defendants guilty as charged in the indictment and assess the punishment at fifty dollars.” When the verdict was read, and before it was received, or the jury polled, or dismissed, the court inquired whether it was intended by the verdict to fix the punishment at $50 each or $50 for both defendants. To this the foreman…