McFarlin v. State

Plaintiff in error, referred to as the defendant, was tried on two separate charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor female in violation of T.C.A. see. 37-270, by employing and allowing her to sell beer and whiskey and commit acts of sexual intercourse in his place of business, a tavern. The cases were consolidated and the jury found the defendant guilty in both cases, and fixed his punishment at eleven months and twenty-nine days in the county workhouse in one case, and a fine of $500.00 in the other case.

The defendant appealed in error, and insists that the Trial Judge erred in…