State v. Brownfield

Defendant was tried on the charge of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, and was convicted on the charge. Immediately after the trial he filed a motion in arrest of judgment, based upon the ground that the trial was begun and closed, and the judgment of conviction rendered and entered on June 3, 1925, which is a legal holiday in this state, set aside by law as Confederate Memorial Day. The trial judge overruled the motion, for the reason, briefly stated, that defendant acquiesced in being tried on June 3, 1925, by announcing ready for trial on that day, when the ease…