State v. Burns
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Seventeenth District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge. Burgess, J.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
The sureties on the appearance bond furnished by ■one of the defendants, appeal from the judgment forfeiting their bond.
The State moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that it was taken too late.
It is settled that the proceeding to forfeit is criminal in character. 37 Ann. 200; 7 Ann. 276.. The judgment forfeiting the bond was signed on the 22d of November, 1884, and the appeal was sought and granted on J une 8th following (1885).
In appealable criminal cases, the appeal must be asked during the term at which the…
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