Rea v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the district court of Pontotoc county for a violation of the prohibition law. The case was transferred to the county court of said county. Upon a trial there had the jury returned a verdict, which reads as follows:

“We, the jury, drawn, impaneled, and sworn in the above-entitled cause, do upon our oaths find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment herein and impose a fine of $50.00, and recommend that the court suspend the jail sentence.”

Upon returning into court the above verdict, the attention of the court was by the plaintiff in error called…