Perry v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Wayne county of the crime of unlawfully possessing a still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two and one-half years. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant contends that the term of court at which he was convicted was a term unauthorized by law, and for that reason his indictment, conviction, and sentence were void. To sustain that position appellant relies on the following facts: Appellant was tried and convicted on the 29th day…