Bonner v. State

Defendant, Homer Bonner, was charged in the district court of Marshall county with the crime of larceny from the person; was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve a term of one year and one day in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

When the appeal in this case was perfected, the Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for the reason that the same was not perfected within the six months provided by the statute for the filing of an appeal. Reply to this motion was filed by defendant, and a copy of the judgment of the district court was attached to the reply. An examination…