People v. Bowden

The appellant was charged in two counts of an indictment with separate violations of the Corporate Securities Act. After a trial he was convicted on both counts and judgment was pronounced imposing a fine of $100 on each count, with the provision that if the fine was not paid he should be imprisoned in the county jail of Tulare County one day for each $2 of the fine remaining unpaid.. On the day judgment was pronounced oral notice of appeal was given. The record discloses that the appellant did not file within five days after giving notice of appeal, or at all, any statement-of the grounds of…