Wright v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Violating Prohibition Law. Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Alf Wrigbt was convicted of crime, and on appeal tbe judgment was reversed with a mandate to tbe court below to reseiatence the defendant in accordance with law. From a sentence to hard labor pronounced in pursuance to the mandate. (See 9 Ala. App. 79, 64 South. 173) the defendant appeals.
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Violating Prohibition Law. Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Alf Wrigbt was convicted of crime, and on appeal tbe judgment was reversed with a mandate to tbe court below to reseiatence the defendant in accordance with law. From a sentence to hard labor pronounced in pursuance to the mandate. (See 9 Ala. App. 79, 64 South. 173) the defendant appeals. The court had not power to alter the prior judgment after the adjournment of the term at which it was rendered. — In re Newton, 94 Ala. 431; Gofer v. The State, 52 South. 934; Lacy v. Hendricks, 51 South.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The appellant was indicted at the spring term, 1913, of the Walker county law and equity court for a violation of the prohibition law, and on the 7th of July thereafter was convicted of that offense, and a fine of $50 assessed against him. Failing to pay the fine or to confess judgment therefor, he was sentenced to hard labor for a period of 20 days to pay the fine, and, as an additional punishment for the offense, to hard labor for the county at the rate of 75 cents per day for the payment of the costs; but the judgment of the court did not ascertain the number of days the defendant was…
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