Knowling v. State

Mb.. Justice Chambliss

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff-in-error operated a small loan business under the name of Lamar Lewis Company on the mezzanine floor of the Burwell Building in Knoxville, and was convicted under an indictment charging him with unlawfully engaging in the business of making loans in amounts of $300 or less without qualifying under Code, Section 6721 et seq., by first obtaining a certificate or permit from the Superintendent of Banks. He was fined $500 and appealed.

His assignments of error raise, substantially, questions as to, (1) the preponderance of the…