Simerson v. State

Appellant was convicted of violating the prohibitory liquor law, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $50 and 30 days’ confinement in the county jail. From this judgment appellant attempted to appeal.

On the 8th day of July, 1912, the Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss this appeal upon the following grounds:

“First. Because no written notice of appeal was ever served on the clerk of the county court in which this case was tried as required by law.

“Second. Because the record shows that this is an attempted appeal from a judgment of conviction for a misdemeanor rendered in the…