Lacour v. Hope

Appellant was convicted on a charge of allowing whiskey to be stored in h.is garage in the city of. Hope. He was arrested on a warrant which was issued by the mayor of that city, and at Ms trial before that officer was fined'$100. He appealed to the circuit .court, and, upon the trial there, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at “$100 fine and 30 days in jail,” and the judgment pronounced thereon required this jail sentence to be served in the jail of the city of Hope.

It does not appear that, the city had an ordinance on the subject, and the prosecution was admittedly had under the…