Cole v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of adultery, and was sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars and costs. The only alleged error is that costs could not legally be imposed as a part of the sentence, the case being brought before us on a. writ of error which alleges: “That the minimum and maximum punishment prescribed by law for the commission of the crime of adultery is a fine of ten ($10.00) dollars; the Court, therefore, erred in its judgment in imposing upon the defendant both a fine of ten ($10.00) dollars and costs, which was more than the maximum punishment prescribed by law as…