Vickers v. People

From a conviction before a justice of the peace the defendant appealed to the county court, where he was again tried and convicted. After motion for new trial was denied, the defendant was sentenced to a term of ninety days in the county jail, and judgment was rendered against the defendant and his sureties upon the appeal bond for the amount of costs. The defendant comes here by writ of error.

The only question submitted for our consideration is whether, upon appeal from a justice of the peace, the county court has jurisdiction to sentence a defendant to a term in the county jail. Our…