Bolling v. State

In Ex parte Knight, 61 Ala. 482, we construed the statute bearing on the subject of appeals and writs of error in criminal cases, commencing with section 4978 of the Code of 1876. We there ruled that, unless some question of law is reserved under section 4978, the case can not be brought to this court for review by the mere act of the clerk in sending up the transcript under section 4979 of the Code. Carrying out the statute, we further ruled, that if the question did not distinctly appear on the record, “ it must be reserved by bill of exceptions, duly taken and signed by the presiding…