State v. Rosenberg

Defendants A1 Rosenberg and Jack Lewis, together with Rea Janecek, were charged by county attorney’s information with illegal possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of section 1921.003, Code, 1939 (section 123.3, Code, 1946), of the Iowa Liquor Control Act. Rea Janecek was never arrested or tried for the offense. A jury found Rosenberg and Lewis guilty. Each was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs and in default of payment of the fine imprisoned in the county jail for ten months. Both have appealed.

We may say at the outset the judgment of imprisonment should not have exceeded one…