Perciful v. Holley

The affidavit in question was executed on June 23, 1950, and charged that appellant, Herman (Buck) Perciful “did wilfly & unlawful Sell % Pint of Liquor” (sic). Perciful pleaded guilty to this charge, and at the August 1950 term of the Circuit Court of Prentiss County, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve three months in the county jail, but the sentence was suspended by the circuit judge, under the authority of 'Code of 1942, Section 2541, conditioned upon Perciful’s good behavior.

On February 14, 1952, about eighteen months thereafter, the district attorney filed in the…