State v. Bob

The slave Boh having been sentenced to death by a Jury em-pannelled under the law for the trial of slaves, has appealed.

We are unable to pass upon his case with nothing more than the present re cord before us. Our appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases is limited to questions of law. These questions must be presented by bills of exception or assignments of errors.

There is no bill of exceptions in the record. The counsel of appellant states in his printed brief, that the Justices presiding over the tribunal were of the erroneous opinion that they had no power to sign bills of exceptions. But…