Baker v. Chatfield

I. It is urged by counsel for defendants in error that the bill of exceptions should not be considered : 1st, because “ it does not purport to be ” such, and- because no evidence appears from any transcript of the minutes that thirty days were allowed.to settle a-bill of exceptions.

There is in the transcript before us a bill of exceptions, signed and sealed by the Circuit Judge, and specifying certain papers introduced in evidence and stating oral testb mony given on the trial, the charge of the judge to the jury and the exception thereto, and bearing, other earmarks which conclusively show…