Oliver v. State

The defendant was convicted on a charge of unlawfully possessing a still, which under our law is a felony. Upon a return of the jury finding the defendant guilty under the second count of the indictment which charged the unlawful possession of a still, the following appears in the minute entry of the court: “It is therefore ordered by the Court that the defendant be sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary for a period 'of not less than one year and not more than one year and thirty days — -Deft. Appeals, sentence suspended pending appeal. Bond fixed at $1500.00.”

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