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HAMILTON v. STATE.

SAMFORD, J.

There is no bill of exceptions and no error appears in the record which will affect the judgment of conviction.

However, the sentence is erroneous. The defendant was tried on a charge of petit larceny, and the verdict of the jury was: "We the jury find the defendant guilty as charged." This verdict authorized a judgment of guilt and the imposition by the court of a sentence to hard labor or to jail and a sentence for the costs. Flowers v. State, 22 Ala. App. 27, 112 So. 221; Hollis v. State, 123 Ala. 74, 26 So. 231.

Where the cause is tried before a jury, the court has no authority to fix a fine as a part of the punishment. Code 1923, § 4908; Williams v. State, 23 Ala. App. 338, 125 So. 207.

The judgment for the fine of $100 and the sentence of thirty days at hard labor based upon a failure to pay said fine is set aside and held for naught.

The judgment is corrected by striking out the fine of $100 and the sentence of thirty days' hard labor on failure to pay said fine, and as corrected the judgment is affirmed.

Corrected and affirmed.

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HAMILTON v. STATE
(Nov 10, 1931)