Nichols v. State

Clyde Adward Nichols was charged by information filed in the county court' of Kay county with possession of intoxicating liquor, was tried before a jury, found guilty but the jury being unable to agree upon the amount of the punishment, left the same to the court, who thereafter (counsel for the State and the defense being present after written notice from the county attorney) heard evidence from the court clerk of Kay county given from the records in his office of fourteen past offenses for which the defendant had been convicted. The court fixed defendant’s punishment at six months…