ACKLEN v. STATE


267 S.W.2d 101 (1954)

ACKLEN et al. v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. L. Johnson, H. B. Weimar and Thomas L. Cummings, Nashville, for plaintiffs in error.

Knox G. Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


BURNETT, Justice.

The plaintiffs in error were convicted of a conspiracy to violate various gaming statutes. Acklen's punishment was fixed at a fine of $750 and a six months workhouse sentence. The others received a fine of $100 and a three months workhouse sentence. The variation in fine is probably due to the fact that Acklen was the principal and the others were his subordinates.

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