People v. Brewerton Coal Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

The transcript of the record contains no placita. To enable this court to review a cause upon its merits the record must contain a placita. Hardy v. Jones, 307 Ill. 149. The purported judgment of the court below appears in the bill of exceptions and not in the common-law record. The bill of exceptions must not contain the findings and judgment of the court as they are a part of the common-law record and must be found therein. Miller v. Anderson, 269 Ill. 608; People v. Kuhn, 291 Ill. 154.

A recital of the judgment in the bill of…