Sparks v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted at the July term, 1947, of Bartow Superior Court for possessing intoxicating liquor upon which no tax had been paid. He pleaded guilty on October 3, 1947, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and all costs of prosecution, and was ordered to serve 12 months in the public works camp, but was allowed to serve said sentence outside that penal institution during good behavior and conditioned upon his violating no law of this State. He was given a six-months sentence in default of payment of the fine. The fine was paid and the probation sentence began to run…