State v. Miller

Defendant was charged by information with the felonious sale of one pint of corn whiskey, an offense denounced as a felony by Section 4500, Revised Statutes 1929. The information also charged two prior convictions of unlawful possession of "intoxicating liquor." Defendant was tried and convicted, the jury returning the following verdict: "We the jury find the defendant guilty as charged and assess his punishment at a fine of one thousand ($1000) dollars and one year in the county jail." From sentence and judgment upon the verdict he appealed, the appeal being granted to the Kansas City Court…