State v. Fearce

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted on an indictment for murder, and brings this writ of error. The case is before us on a strict bill of exceptions, there being no certificate of the entire record of proceedings at the trial. In fact, the testimony is not contained in the printed book, but only the charge of the court, defendant’s requests to charge, and four exceptions to portions of the charge. At the argument it was pointed out to counsel that no exception appeared to have been signed or sealed by the trial judge, and the court permitted…