State v. Perry

The defendant was indicted by the Grand Jury

of Polk County, Iowa, charged with the sale and possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of section 123.3, Code of Iowa, 1950. She entered a plea of not guilty, was tried to a jury and found guilty. A motion for a new trial was overruled, judgment was entered on the verdict and, there being two prior convictions under the provisions of Title VI of the Code, defendant was senenced to imprisonment in the "Women’s Reformatory at Rockwell City for a term of three years. She appeals.

The facts are not greatly in dispute. In the early morning of May 10,…