State v. Norton

BOHLING, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a scire facias proceeding making absolute a judgment of forfeiture of a $1,500 cash *851bail deposited by appellant, Edwin Leo Norton, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Adair County, Missouri, arising out of a prosecution of the appellant for a misdemeanor. See §§ 544.640-544.660, and Supreme Court Rule 32.12, V.A.M.R. Statutory references are to RSMo 1949 and V.A.M.S., unless otherwise stated.

We have appellate jurisdiction “in all civil cases where the state * * * is a party.” Art. V, § 3, Mo.Const.1945, V.A.M.S., State v.…