Hickinbotham v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant, H. Y. Hickinbotham, over a period of weeks, was convicted of twenty violations of Ark. Stats. (1947) Sec. 41-3802 (keeping grocery store open on Sunday). On appeal to Circuit Court, the cases were consolidated, and tried January 18,1957. The court directed a verdict for the State, leaving only the question of proper punishment to be der termined by the jury. The jury assessed a fine of $25 in each case. From such convictions, comes this appeal. Appellant, in his motion for a new trial and amendment thereto, sets out twenty assignments of error;…