State Ex Rel. Gentry v. Montgomery

Certiorari instituted by the State at the relation of the Attorney-General. The writ Avas directed to Hon. John E. Montgomery as Judge and J. L. Kendrick as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Chariton County. They made return to the writ. The facts are as follows:

Tom Horton Avas tried on an indictment in two counts in the Circuit Court of Chariton County before Hon. John E. Montgomery and a jury. He Avas found guilty of the offense of possessing liquor on the first count, and of the offense of possessing a still on the second count, and his punishment fixed on each count at a fine of three hundred…