Harris, County Judge v. Rhodes

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas

Reversing.

Section 18 of chapter 33, p. 109, of the Acts of the Legislature in 1922, and which is now section 2554a-18 of onr present Statutes, says: “On a first conviction for violation of any of the provisions of this (liquor prohibition) act, except for a violation of sec. 24 (sec. 2554a-24 [published statute]), and except where the punishment is confinement in the penitentiary, the court shall require the defendant, in addition to the penalty inflicted, to execute bond in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand…