Print Carter O'Neal v. United States

The appeal from the judgment of conviction was dismissed upon the ground that no notice of appeal other than an oral notice was filed with the Clerk of the District Court within ten days after the entry of the judgment. Rule 37(a), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C.A. O’Neal v. United States of America, 5 Cir., 1959, 264 F.2d 809. None of the counsel, either for the appellant or for the appellee, have ever called to this Court’s attention the “Appeal Bond” signed by the appellant and his surety, approved by the Judge, and filed with the Clerk on the 16th day of October 1958, after…