Red v. Polk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal fom Polio Circuit Court. Action to recover of the defendant, Polk county, certain fees. The plaintiff was convicted of the crime of murder. He appealed to the Supreme Court, and the judgment was reversed and remanded, and in the court below the case was dismissed.
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Appeal fom Polio Circuit Court. Action to recover of the defendant, Polk county, certain fees. The plaintiff was convicted of the crime of murder. He appealed to the Supreme Court, and the judgment was reversed and remanded, and in the court below the case was dismissed. He avers that in the prosecution of said appeal in the Supreme Court he was obliged, under the rules of s'aid court, to print, and did print, for the use of said court, an abstract of the pleadings and evidence in said cause, and also the argument of his counsel therein, and has paid for said printing, and that, by the rules…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
Four questions are certified, but it will be sufficient for the disposition of the case to determine the fourth one. That question is in these words: .“Where a person is indicted, tried, and convicted of a crime in the District Court, and appeals from the judgment of such District Court to the Supreme Court of the State, and in the *99prosecution of an appeal prints an abstract of the record and the argument of his counsel for the use of the Supreme Court, as required by the rules of said court, and upon the hearing in the Supreme Court the judgment of the District Court is reversed…
2Cited by3 opinions
- State v. DorlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- State v. RainsbargerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- State v. BillingsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890