State v. Howard

The appellants have appealed from the judgment and sentence of the superior court of Douglas county entered upon a verdict of the jury finding them guilty of the crime of horse-stealing. Counsel for the state have moved the court to strike from the transcript what purports to be a bill of exceptions, for the reason that no notice of the statement of the same was ever given or served as required by law! The motion must be granted.

Section 9, of the act of March 8, 1893, (Session Laws, p. 114), requires a party desiring to have a bill of exceptions or statement of facts certified to prepare the…