Francis v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The second paragraph of the court’s charge reads as follows: “How, if you believe from the evidence in this case, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant did unlawfully sell to L. C. Dupree, on or about the 15th day of March, 1908, in said county and State, then you will find the defendant guilty, and assess his punishment at a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, and by imprisonment in the county jail not less…