PER CURIAM.
The indictment is for a felony, i. e., transporting five or more gallons of prohibited liquors.
The judgment entry shows a plea of guilty, but omits any reference to allocutus by the court to the prisoner.
In a felony case, such an enquiry is mandatory. Under Code 1940, T. 15, § 389, we are required to notice this record error. The error, however, is not cause for reversal, but only for remandment to the court below for proper sentencing...
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