Harkey v. State

There is no bill of exceptions, and no errors are apparent on the face of the record, except as to' the sentence, which is erroneous.

The charge against defendant was for a violation of the prohibition laws in selling, keeping for sale, or other unlawful disposition, of intoxicating liquors. The jury returned a general verdict of guilty, but fixed no fine, which they might have done under section 3 of the act of August 9, 1909 (Gen. & Local Acts Sp. Sess. 1909, p. 9), but which they refrained from doing, as we must infer, under the power of section 7630 of the Code, which provides that: “When…