Travillion v. State

Appellant was convicted in a justice of the peace court of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. He appealed to the circuit court, where he was again convicted, from which he appeals here.

On this appeal, he raises the point, for the first time, that the circuit court had no jurisdiction for the reason the transcript of the proceedings in the justice of the peace court, filed in the circuit court, was not authenticated by the certificate of the justice of the peace.

This Court, in a number of cases, has held that the certificate is essential to vest the circuit court with…