Burch v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
FROM the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. JoHN A. Minnis. Neither the docket nor the transcript shows the name of any attorney as counsel for the prisoner; and there is no brief on file.
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, C. J. -
The appellant was indicted and convicted of the offense of gaming. The jury assessed against him a fine of fifty dollars. The indictment is in proper form, and no demurrer was interposed or objection to its sufficiency made in the City Court, and. none has been suggested. No bill of exceptions was taken to any ruling of the City Court. We have carefully examined the record, and do not discover any error, except in the sentence passed by the court. The appellant not having, with sufficient sureties, confessed judgment for the fine and costs, he was sentenced to hard labor for…
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