Lynch v. State

Ed. Lynch was indicted and convicted for keeping a saloon open on Sunday. He appealed in error. The whole of the record, after the indictment, is an entry upon the minutes of the Criminal Court, in these words:

‘ ‘ State op Tennessee v. Ed. Lynch.

‘ ‘ Came the Attorney-general, on behalf of the State, and the defendant, in his own proper person and by counsel of record; whereupon, by consent, the Court proceeds to try said cause, and, being fully advised in the premises,' adjudges the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and fines him the sum of fifty dollars, and orders that he be…