Smith v. State

This defendant was arrested by the sheriff and deputy sheriff of Gordon County, Georgia, on April 8, 1940, for the offense of possessing intoxicating liquors, and was carried before the solicitor-general who preferred against him an accusation in two counts. Count 1 charged the offense of possessing intoxicating liquors, and count 2 the illegally concealing and conveying of intoxicating liquors. The same day the defendant was carried before the superior court judge, before whom the defendant entered a plea of guilty. The court imposed a sentence of twelve months on the public works, to be…