State v. Thomas

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Douglas County of passing and uttering a forged promissory note. The jury found him guilty but were unable to agree on the punishment. The trial court thereupon assessed it at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. No brief in behalf of appellant has been filed in this court.

A purported bill of exceptions was lodged here, but the record contains no recital that any bill of exceptions was allowed and filed below, the bill bears no stamp or indorsement showing it to have been filed in the circuit court, and no certificate of any sort by…