State of Missouri v. Perkins

— Defendant was convicted upon a charge of possessing intoxicating liquor and has appealed.

Appellant is not represented by counsel in this court. The Prosecuting Attorney, who represents the State has filed a brief in which he contends that there is no showing that a bill of exceptions was allowed, signed, ordered filed, and filed and hence that we cannot consider the purported bill of exception in determining the case here but can only examine the record proper. We shall examine this question first.

The appeal in this case was granted December 18, 1924. On May 27, 1925, the circuit court…