Commonwealth v. Howard

Judgments upon verdicts for misdemeanor were rendered against defendants. They prayed an appeal to this court, and executed supersedeas bond before the clerk of the circuit court, but failed to file any transcript of the record or copy of the supersedeas bond, and obtain from the clerk of this” court a certificate that execution of the judgments were suspended.

The attorney general has filed a copy of the judgments and supersedeas bonds, and moved to dismiss the appeals, with damages.

His motion must.be denied for the following reasons:

First. By failing to file a transcript of the record within…