Carter v. State

An accusation was preferred in the city court of Baxley, in which the plaintiff in error was charged with “having and possessing liquor.” He pleaded guilty, and the judge imposed upon him the following sentence: “Whereupon it is considered, sentenced, and adjudged by the court, that the defendant W. T. Carter do pay within three days a fine of $350, and all costs of this prosecution, and twelve months on the chain-gang, said chain-gang sentence to be suspended pending good behavior and payment of said fine, and then be discharged, or, in default of such payment, that said defendant do work in…