VOWELL v. STATE


341 S.W.2d 735 (1960)

John VOWELL v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Snipes, Johnson City, for plaintiff in error.

William D. Grugett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


FELTS, Justice.

Plaintiff in error Vowell, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of possessing whiskey, the jury fined him $500, and the Trial Judge added a workhouse sentence of 90 days "to run concurrently with a sentence he is currently serving."

He appealed in error and insists that the evidence preponderates against the verdict of guilt and in favor of his innocence. We find no merit in this insistence.

The proof shows that Glenn Bowman...

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