State v. Swope

Prosecution for carrying concealed weapons. The information charged that on, &c., at, &e., “ one William Swope, he not then and there being a traveler, did then and there wear and carry concealed about his person, a dangerous and deadly weapon, to-wit: a fire arm called a revolver.” Acts 1859, p. 129. On motion the information was quashed. The State appeals.

It is objected that the appeal is not properly here, because there is not in the record any formal judgment of acquittal or discharge of the defendant. That part of the record closes with the judgment or ruling of the Court, that the…