Speegle v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and asked for a suspended sentence. After hearing the evidence the jury fixed his punishment at one year in the penitentiary, declining to recommend a suspension of .the sentence.

Appellant was on bail. After the jury retired to deliberate, appellant left the court room and went on the lawn. The jury came back into the court room in a short time, and the trial judge, thinking they were ready to report, had the sheriff call appellant. When the papers were handed the judge, he discovered the purported verdict…