McGuire v. State

The above styled cases involve identical questions, and one opinion in the McGuire case will control the other case.

At the October term, 1954, of the Criminal Court of Bradley County the grand jury of said county returned a presentment against James McGuire, charging him with the offense of possession of intoxicating liquors. When the case came on for trial he entered a plea of guilty to the charge. The court thereupon empaneled a jury to fix his punishment. The jury imposed a fine of $200. In addition to this fine the trial judge imposed a sentence of ninety days in the county workhouse. In…