State v. Cannon

By the Court,

Lord, J.:

The only question to be determined in this case is, Could the court legally impose the j udgment and sentence under *313■which the defendant is now imprisoned % The record discloses that the defendant was indicted for an assault with a dangerous weapon, to which he had entered a plea of not guilty; that subsequently, and by consent of the court, he was permitted to withdraw that plea, and enter the plea of guilty of an assault, upon which the court rendered judgment against the defendant that he pay a fine of fifty dollars and expenses of the action, and that he be committed…