McLaughlin v. State

This was a prosecution against Raleigh McLaughlin, the appellant, for retailing intoxicating liquor without a license, and was commenced before a justice of the peace.

The appellant was convicted before the justice, and', upon an appeal to the circuit court, he was again tried and convicted, the judgment having been rendered agaiii'st him in this latter court on the 2d day of May, 1878.

During the term at which such judgment was rendered, the appellant prayed an appeal to this court, and executed an appeal bond to the approval of the court.

The transcript of the proceedings below was not,…