State v. Brennan

The defendant was charged with the crime of selling morphine hydrochloride, a narcotic drug, a felony, committed in Silver Bow county on or about the twenty-seventh day of January, 1930. Upon his plea of not guilty he was tried to a jury which by its verdict found him guilty, and fixed his punishment at ten years’ imprisonment in the state prison at Deer Lodge, and a fine of $3,000, upon which judgment was accordingly duly entered. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied, and the cause is now before us on appeal from the judgment and the order denying him a new trial.

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