Page v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for solicitation of a person to buy a drink for consumption by an employee under Art. 667-19B(e), Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The punishment was assessed by the jury at twelve months confinement in jail and a fine of $450. The jury recommended to the court that the appellant be granted probation under the Misdemeanor Probation Law, and the court ordered the twelve months jail term probated. One of the conditions of probation imposed by the court in its order was the payment of fine not later than October 9, 1970.

At the outset, appellant…