Patterson v. State

Mc&ehee, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the appellant, Albert Patterson, was tried and convicted in a justice of the peace court of Simpson county on the charge of unlawfully having in his possession intoxicating liquor. He appealed to the circuit court, where he was again tried and convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and costs, and to serve a term of thirty days in jail, but which jail sentence was suspended upon good behavior.

It is shown on behalf of the State that the sheriff of the county, upon receiving information that whisky was being brought in on a…