Smith & Washington v. State

These are appeals from convictions for misdemeanors, in which the transcripts were filed out of time. In the first mentioned ease the judgment was rendered March 13,1886, and a motion for new trial was denied on the 18th of the same month. The transcript was lodged here May 18th, and the attorney-general was moved to dismiss the appeal. In response to this motion the appellants have filed an affidavit to the effect that the transcript was delivered into the hands of their attorneys on the 6th of May; that it was forwarded by mail the next day to the clerk of this court and reached him in due…