Gaskin v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Fourteen separate in-formations were filed against the appellant, J. Ernie Gaskin, charging* that he had violated § 7 of the Arkansas Securities Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 67-1241 (Repl. 1966), by selling Americana Motor Inns corporate stock to certain residents of Lee county with knowledge that the securities had not been registered as required by the Act. Upon trial the jury found Gaskin guilty of every offense charged and fixed his punishment for each offénse at a fine of $1,000. and imprisonment for one year. This appeal is from a judgment entered on the verdict.

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