State v. Clevenger

Upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney, before a justice of the peace, the defendant was convicted, January 13, 1885, of selling liquor without license.

On the next succeeding day he filed an affidavit and bond for appeal, and was granted an appeal to the circuit court. At the return term of the appeal, the prosecuting attorney moved to dismiss it, because it was not taken immediately after the judgment was rendered. The motion was sustained by the court, and the defendant appeals.

The statute provides that any person convicted before a justice of the peace, may appeal, if he…