Gray v. State

Gray was indicted and convicted of receiving and possessing intoxicating liquors. For this offense he was fined $100, from which conviction this appeal comes.

In the first place the State has moved to strike the case from the docket because the minute entry failed to disclose that plaintiff in error either prayed for or was granted an appeal by the trial court. Section 27-310, T.C.A., provides that any parties to a judgment or decree may pray and obtain an appeal therefrom to the proper appellate court. It has generally been held that in order to vest the appellate court with jurisdiction of…