Legal Opinion

State v. Hill

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1889PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. S. Goodman, Judge. Defendant was indicted, and duly tried for embezzlement. The trial resulted in a conviction and sentence to imprisonment for two years. Motions for new trial and in arrest were overruled at the April term, 1887, of the Daviess circuit court.

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Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. S. Goodman, Judge. Defendant was indicted, and duly tried for embezzlement. The trial resulted in a conviction and sentence to imprisonment for two years. Motions for new trial and in arrest were overruled at the April term, 1887, of the Daviess circuit court. At the same term defendant took an appeal to the supreme court and an order was entered extending the time to file bill of exceptions to the first day of the next (June) term. On the ninth day of the June term the court extended the time to July 15. The bill was filed July 12. The bill of…

1Opinion of the CourtBakclay, J.

— After the rulings were made on defendant’s final motions and his appeal was allowed, the cou.t, at the same term, extended his time to file bill of exceptions to the first day of the next term. When that time expired, the court, then holding another term, made an order for a further extension within which the bill was filed.

It is now insisted by the vigilant representative of the state that we cannot properly consider the bill thus filed.

*572The point seems well taken. The record in the cause having been closed at a previous term, the authority of the court thereafter to allow a bill of…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. MosleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. State v. BerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. Webster County v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  4. Mohoney v. German InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891
  5. Boardman v. VaughanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891

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